Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 17
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The ceremony of launching the pipeline, through which it became possible for Turkey to supply Northern Cyprus with drinking water, took place Oct.17, the Turkish TRT Haber TV channel said.
Construction of the pipeline began in 2011, and its length is 107 km.
Northern Cyprus will annually receive 75 million cubic meters of water via this pipeline, according to the project.
The island was divided into a Turkish Cypriot government in the northern one third and a Greek Cypriot administration in the southern two-thirds after a 1974 military coup by Greece was followed by the intervention of Turkey as a guarantor state in Cyprus.
Border gates between the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Greek-administered southern Cyprus were opened on April 2003.
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