The UN-brokered agreement signed on Monday by the parties involved in the Pyla area is in fact a mutually beneficial agreement, Philenews reports.
Because it allows the Turkish Cypriot side to proceed with the construction of a disputed road but at the same time ensures the inviolability of the status of the buffer zone in the divided island.
Thus, the concerns expressed by the internationally-recognized government of Cyprus are addressed, the report added.
Turkish Cypriot attempts to construct a road traversing United Nations-controlled territory in the mixed village of Pyla had been a source of dispute.
Cyprus is divided since a 1974 invasion by Turkey which still maintains troops in the northern part of the EU-member island.
In August, members of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) were attacked by Turks and Turkish Cypriots because they tried to prevent the illegal road works of the pseudo-state in Pyla.
An UFICYP statement on Monday said: “An understanding has been reached on arrangements that will resolve the ongoing situation on the Pyla/Pile plateau (which is under UN jurisdiction)”.
The breakaway illegal Turkish Cypriot wanted to build a road leading directly from the area they control to the village, seeking to allow Turkish Cypriots to circumvent a patchwork of jurisdictions – including sovereign British bases.
