Editing Cyprus problem (section)

===Reunification of Cyprus===
An international panel of legal experts proposed the "creation of a Constitutional Convention under European Union auspices and on the basis of the 1960 Cyprus Constitution to bring together the parties directly concerned in order to reach a settlement in conformity with the Fundamental Principles".
<ref>See [http://agora-dialogue.com/?p=26620 "A principled basis for a just and lasting Cyprus settlement in the light of International and European Law"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402130547/http://agora-dialogue.com/?p=26620 |date=2 April 2012 }}</ref>

In an official [[White House]] statement on 8 June 2016, US Vice-president [[Joe Biden]] and Turkish Prime Minister [[Binali Yildirim]] reaffirmed strong support for "an agreement that reunifies the island as a bi-zonal, bi-communal [[federation]]".<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Readout of Vice President Biden's Call with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of Turkey |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/08/readout-vice-president-bidens-call-prime-minister-binali-yildirim-turkey |location=Washington, D.C. |date=8 June 2016 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref> After the collapse of Crans-Montana Summit in 2017, the Turkish Cypriot leadership and Turkey changed their policy from bi-zonal, bi-communal federation to [[Two-state solution (Cyprus)|the two-state solution]].<ref>See [https://www.interanalytics.org/jour/article/view/458/396 "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a De Facto and Limited Recognized State: From Federal Solution to Two State Model"]. Journal of International Analytics. Volume 13, No 4 (2022)</ref>

At least since 1991, the United Nations Security Council has described its desired solution as "a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality".<ref>{{cite web |author=United Nations Security Council |title=Resolution 2771 (2025) |date=31 January 2025 |url=https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/2771(2025)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=United Nations Security Council |title=Resolution 723 (1991) |date=12 December 1991 |url=https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/716(1991)}}</ref> The most recent expression of this opinion, in January 2025, was unanimous.<ref>{{cite web |author=United Nations Security Council |title=Security Council, 80th year: 9854th meeting |date=31 January 2025 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4073926}}</ref>