Compensation order for Turkey over Cyprus occupation

Turkey is refusing to pay millions of dollars in compensation for its occupation of part of Cyprus.

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Turkey is refusing to pay millions of dollars in compensation for its occupation of part of the Mediterrean island of Cyprus.

The long-running conflict in Cyprus sees the island's capital Nicosia divided by a narrow strip of land separating Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces.

It's monitored by a United Nations peacekeeping force.

The compensation ruling came ahead of a visit to Cyprus this week by the US Vice President Joe Biden.

Cyprus correspondent Murray Silby is in Nicosia and told Greg Dyett about the reaction to the ruling.

 


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