Cyprus peace process

The peace efforts had begun around the time of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which split the multiethnic Republic of Cyprus into the Turkish-majority north and the Greek-majority south. The north later declared independence as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, although Turkey is the only United Nations (UN) member to recognise this. A ceasefire has been in place ever since, but a permanent solution has not been agreed to, and UN peacekeepers still operate a buffer zone between the two regions.^[1]

There are two major approaches to resolve the Cyprus dispute: the reunification of Cyprus into a single state (as attempted in the Annan plan) and the two-state solution, which would legalise the current status quo. The majority of the international community supports the reunification of Cyprus into a single state, as does the Republic of Cyprus.^[2]

• Establishment of UN peace force in Cyprus (1964)
• UNSC resolution 355 (1974)
• Annan reunification plan for Cyprus
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1250 (1999)
  • Cypriot Annan Plan referendums, 2004
• 2008–2012 Cyprus talks
• 2014 Cyprus talks
• 2015–2017 Cyprus talks

• Embargo against Northern Cyprus
• List of Middle East peace proposals
• List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Cyprus