Can Turkey and Russia agree on the status of Crimea?
The head of the regional national-cultural autonomy of the Crimean Tatars Eyvaz Umerov appealed to the Turkish authorities to recognize the peninsula as part of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Hasan Unal, a professor at the Turkish University of Maltepe, told Lente.ru that Russia and Turkey could reach an agreement on the status of Crimea if Moscow recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an independent state. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, for his part, said the regions could not be the subject of any operation.
Umerov said that if the Turkish leadership wants to be consistent, if the support for the Crimean Tatars is not political PR, then the peninsula should be recognized as part of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, it was said that Russia's recognition of Crimea is necessary first of all for partner countries that want to establish constructive relations: "It is their job to discuss and auction the recognition of the Turkish Republic of Cyprus, our country does not need to run after anyone."
The report says that Cyprus has been divided between Greek and Turkish communities since 1974. In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was proclaimed in the north of the island: “Only the Republic of Cyprus remains internationally recognized and effectively controls the south of the island. The Greeks and Turks have been negotiating for the political unification of Cyprus for many years, but they are still unable to do so.
Nigar