Ambassador outlines Cyprus history – and possible lessons for Ukraine

Despite having the full weight of international law on its side, Cyprus has not been able to dislodge Turkey’s claims to the northern third of the Mediterranean island nation since Turkish military forces invaded in 1974 and remain to this day.

Will Ukraine – which also enjoys international backing in its war against Russian invaders – still be trying to remove the Kremlin from Crimea and the eastern Donbas 47 years after the war started in 2014?