Editing Foreign relations of Cyprus (section)

==International disputes==

[[File:Rice speaks with troops after landing in Larnaca July 24 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Condoleezza Rice]] by US ambassadors in [[Larnaca International Airport]], Cyprus]]
The 1974 invasion of the Turkish army divided the [[island nation]] into two. The internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus currently has effective control in the south of the island (59% of the island's land area) while its area not under its effective control makes up 37% of the island. Turkey utilising the territory occupied during the [[Turkish Invasion of Cyprus|invasion]] recognizes a declared [[separatism|separatist]]<ref>Christopher Hitchens, Uncorking the Genie: The Cyprus Question and Turkey's Military Rule MERIP Reports, No. 122, Turkey under Military Rule (Mar. - Apr., 1984), pp. 25-27, {{doi|10.2307/3011799}}</ref> [[Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|UDI]] of Turkish Cypriots in 1983, contrary to multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The two territories of the Republic are separated by a [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|United Nations Buffer Zone]] (4% of the island); there are two [[Sovereign Base Areas|UK sovereign base areas]] mostly within the Greek Cypriot portion of the island.