Cyprus Mail12 Jul 2026

Guterres expresses ‘deep concern’ over advances into Pyla buffer zone

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed “deep concern” over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone near the village of Pyla, near Larnaca, in an advance copy of his latest report on the status of the UN’s peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) seen by the Cyprus Mail on Sunday.

“The authorities in the north have claimed that a part of the plateau falls under their authority. Since early February, Turkish Cypriot police have imposed...

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