Northern Cypriot leadership protests against UNFICYP statement
The Northern Cypriot government has expressed outrage over a statement by the UN peacekeeping force UNFICYP, calling it "unacceptable." The authorities claim that the area mentioned in the UNFICYP statement does not lie within the buffer zone, but is entirely under the sovereignty of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This is part of the ongoing territorial disputes between the two sides of the island.