Mr. President. I strongly support the amendment offered by Senators BIDEN and PRzSsLER making the provision of $215 million grant military aid to Turkey contingent on the return of Varosha. a GreekCypriot area. to the Government of Cyprus for the immediate resettlement of GreekCypriot refugees. By helping to resolve the Varosha dispute. the $215 million will be a powerful incentive for progress toward a broader settlement in Cyprus. The BidenPressler amendment was passed overwhelming by the Foreign Relations Committee. but the continuing resolution significantly weakens the provision by requiring merely that Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots are doing nothing in Varosha to prejudice or impede the intercommunal talks.
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