Turkey blocks Cyprus from Geneva conference

Turkey has blocked a request from the Republic of Cyprus to take part in the global Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, as an adversarial relationship between the two countries is growing more intense.
Cyprus was among many countries that requested the right to participate as an observer in the first of three sessions this year of the 65-member Geneva-based body.
All but one of the requests were granted according to foreign media, with Turkey objecting to Cyprus for the first time.
A Turkish representative said Ankara had in the past refrained from blocking Cyprus' participation, by simply voicing its displeasure in a letter at the end of each session.
But this time was different.
"Turkey will not support this particular request this year," the Turkish official said.
The block came two days after Cyprus called Turkey a "pirate state" over its attempts...