UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was “disappointed” today that both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are calling for the defeat of his plan to reunify their war divided nation.

Last-ditch talks on reunifying Cyprus went into their fourth day today, with little sign of any movement between the Greek and Turkish sides.

Talks aimed at reunifying Cyprus began today with the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders sitting down with the UN mediator in Nicosia.

THE UN and EU were optimistic yesterday that talks this week on Cyprus could bring about an end to the island’s 30-year division in time for the reunited nation to enter the European Union on May 1.

The UN and EU were optimistic today that talks this week on Cyprus could bring about an end to the island’s 30 year division in time for the reunited nation to enter the European Union on May 1.

The United Nations Security Council remained divided today over a resolution backing Secretary General Kofi Annan’s plan to reunify Cyprus and calling on Greek and Turkish Cypriots to use it as a basis for a settlement.

THE 28-year long division of Cyprus is close to being resolved according to diplomats at the EU summit in Copenhagen last night.

THE UN delivered a revised reunification plan to the rival Cypriot leaders yesterday in a last bid for agreement before the European Union summit later this week in Copenhagen.

ONE-IN-TWO Greek Cypriots would vote down a UN peace plan for the island in a referendum and 48% think their leaders were wrong to agree even to talk about it, an opinion poll published yesterday suggested.

The UN today handed Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders its long-awaited plan for the reunification of their divided island.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to Cyprus this month in hopes of forming the outline of an agreement to reunify the Mediterranean island after a 27-year split, his chief envoy for Cyprus said.