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Cyprus to UN: Turkey seeks full control of breakaway north

FILE - Cyprus' Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, right, and Ersin Tatar, leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots talk before they attend a reception with the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Cyprus Colin Steward at a compound inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that cuts across the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey's new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that demonstrates Ankara's "complete control" over them, the president of the ethnically divided island nation said Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File) FILE-An abandoned Cyprus airways aircraft at the abandoned Nicosia airport inside the U.N buffer zone that divides the Greek Cypriot south and the Turkish Cypriot north, in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday Nov. 5, 2019. Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey's new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that demonstrates Ankara's "complete control" over them, the president of the ethnically divided island nation said Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File) FILE - Cyprus' Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, right, and Ersin Tatar, leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots talks be fore they attend a reception with the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Cyprus Colin Steward at a compound inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that cuts across the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The president of ethnically divided Cyprus says he will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Pool, File) FILE - A portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan and Turkish flags are seen on a building in the Turkish occupied area at the Turkish Cypriot breakaway north part of divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The president of ethnically divided Cyprus says he will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy, File)
Cyprus to UN: Turkey seeks full control of breakaway north