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  Cyprus could split like Czechoslovakia, Turkish Cypriots say
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News DateTuesday, January 26, 2010 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionCyprus could become another Czechoslovakia, splitting in to two separate states unless Britain and its international partners move to prevent the collapse of crucial reunification talks, officials in Turkish northern Cyprus have warned.

With the negotiations, which began in 2008, resuming tomorrow, fears are growing that dialogue between the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Talat, and Demetris Christofias, the Greek Cypriot leader, is on the brink of failure.

Turkish Cypriots are pessimistic about talks, with up to 85% believing a reunification deal is beyond reach, a recent poll revealed.

"I don't understand why Britain does not do more. Britain [the former colonial power] knows very well what happened here," Huseyin Ozgurgun, the foreign minister of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, said.

"Britain is a very strong country. It has a lot of influence."

Cyprus has been divided along ethnic and religious lines since 1974, when Turkish troops intervened following a Greek-inspired coup and widespread violence.

Britain, the US, Turkey and the EU back a reunification solution similar to the plan presented in 2004 by the then UN secretary general, Kofi Annan.
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