Unficyp called to further incident in buffer zone

Two Turkish Cypriot tractors reportedly entered the buffer zone in the Nicosia district village of Avlona at around 10am on Monday, cultivating fields belonging to Greek Cypriot farmers, the village’s mukhtar Menelaos Savva said.

The incident, reportedly involving Turkish Cypriot farmers, the Turkish Cypriot Avlona mukhtar, and the Turkish army, was promptly reported to the foreign affairs ministry, Savva told Alpha.

“Until now we have no instructions on how to act,” he added.