Leaders restart Cyprus peace talks

Cyprus’s rival leaders have vowed to “work tirelessly” for a swift peace accord, a United Nations envoy said, after relaunching talks aimed at ending the Mediterranean island nation’s four decades of division.

Leaders restart Cyprus peace talks

Cyprus’s rival leaders have vowed to “work tirelessly” for a swift peace accord, a United Nations envoy said, after relaunching talks aimed at ending the Mediterranean island nation’s four decades of division.

In an echo of previous attempts to forge a peace deal, Greek Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades and the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, Mustafa Akinci, met at the capital’s derelict airport in search of a breakthrough to one of Europe’s most stubborn conflicts.

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