In April. the secessionist state and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives. and the Turkish Cypriots have taken further steps to consolidate their control over 40 percent of Cyprus. even though they constitute only 18 percent of the population. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently voted to condition $215 million in military grant aid to Turkey upon the return of the ghost town of Varosha to the Government of Cyprus. This area could resettle approximately 50.000 refugees and be a first step toward a solution. I hope that such conditions become a part of the foreign aid bill this year. The world must come to understand that the United States will not support aggression by any nation. and that American aid is provided to support American objectives and principles.
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