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Cyprus Mail15 Jul 2026

Foreign ministry ‘shares concern’ over Pyla expressed in UN report

Foreign ministry ‘shares concern’ over Pyla expressed in UN report

The foreign ministry on Wednesday said it “shares the concern” expressed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone near the village of Pyla, near Larnaca.

“Violations committed by the occupying army continue to be recorded in and around the buffer zone, in particular in the areas of Pyla, Varosha, and Strovilia,” it said....

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