塞浦路斯共和国，从法律上指塞浦路斯岛全境，于2004年加入欧盟，绿线两侧的居民都是欧盟成员。
The Republic of Cyprus, which in legal terms means the whole island, joined the EU in 2004, and Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line are citizens of the union.
双方在进行统一该岛的艰苦谈判，属于欧盟的塞浦路斯共和国为向北边示好，请求欧盟将土耳其语列为官方语言。
The two sides have been in painstaking talks to reunite the island, and the republic, which belongs to the European Union, has requested official status for Turkish as a gesture to the north.
土耳其并不承认希腊-塞浦路斯共和国作为该岛的合法代表，因此“我们不会接受他们作为对话者”，达武特奥卢先生如是说。
Turkey does not recognise the Greek-Cypriot republic as the legitimate representative of the island so "we would not accept them as interlocutors", said Mr Davutoglu.
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