Minor incidents could “easily escalate” in Cyprus without Unficyp’s “constant vigilance”, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Tuesday.
Addressing the UN Security Council in New York, Lacroix said that “for over half a century of Unficyp’s presence, the situation has remained calm” in Cyprus.
The stability in Cyprus, he said, “is not due to the absence of underlying tensions, but to the mission’s vigilance and quiet
