Cyprus accuses Turkish forces of new violation of border
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Three days before ethnically split Cyprus' rival leaders meet in hopes of finding a way to revitalize reunification talks, the country's foreign ministry says Turkish forces in the breakaway north are throwing up new impediments for Greek Cypriots living in a village abutting a British military base.
The foreign ministry said Saturday that a new fence erected along a rural road in Strovilia blocks farmers from reaching their fields.
The ministry said the U.N. peacekeeping mission has noted the actions as breaching the area's military status quo.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkey has kept 35,000 troops in the Turkish Cypriot north since 1974, when it invaded following a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
In 2000, Turkish forces had advanced their positions further into Strovilia.