It insists that Greek and Turkish Cypriots resolve the division of Cyprus before offshore drilling begins.

坚持希腊和土耳其塞浦路斯在开采之前解决塞浦路斯的分配问题。

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Nicosia, Cyprus: a father and son walk past the graves of Greek and Cypriot soldiers who were killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery.

塞浦路斯，尼科西亚：一对父子正在穿过Tymvos Macedonitissas军事公墓，墓中安葬着1974年土耳其入侵塞浦路斯时战死的希腊和塞浦路斯两国战士。

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Thee Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot leaders opened talks in Geneva to discuss conditions for thereunification of Cyprus, such as the division of power and territory.

希腊塞浦路斯和土耳其塞浦路斯领导人在几内亚举行会谈，就重新统一塞浦路斯的条件与状况展开讨论，如权力和领土的分配条件。

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Cyprus was split into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a short-lived coup by supporters of union with Greece.

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Eight are formally blocked because Turkey has not kept an agreement to open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus, an EU member since 2004 (Turkey does not recognise the Greek-Cypriot republic and insists that Turkish north Cyprus is being unfairly blockaded).

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Though the dove of peace was the symbol of Ecevit's party, he authorized Turkey's invasion of northern Cyprus in 1974, when Turkish Cypriots feared a Greek military coup.

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Turkish nationalists and generals expressed concern that this might prevent Turkey, a member of NATO, blocking Cyprus, which remains divided into ethic Greek and ethnic Turkish republics, from joining the military alliance.

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