Mustafa Akinci
Greek Cyprus offers 30 pct of gas income to Turkish Cyprus
Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades has made an unofficial offer to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı to give a share of the natural resources in the east Mediterranean, Greek media has reported.
Concerns amid upheaval in the Eastern Med
The United Nations special envoy on the Cyprus dispute is to remain in Nicosia for further talks following Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci's failure to make progress in exploratory talks ahead of a new peace push on the divided island amid rising tensions in the region.
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Anastasiades to visit Athens next week
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will visit Athens on September 10 to discuss with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis the next steps ahead of a possible resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus issue.
Anastasia's briefed Mitsotakis on his talks with Jane Hall Lute, the United Nations special envoy on Cyprus.
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Anastasiades proposes creation of escrow account in bid to ease tension
Kathimerini reports that Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has proposed the creation of an escrow account that would safeguard the Turkish Cypriot community's share from the natural gas proceeds.
UN envoy visiting Cyprus in bid to restart peace talks
United Nations special envoy Jane Holl Lute was headed to the divided island of Cyprus on Saturday, where she will hold separate meetings with the leaders of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied north aimed at restarting stalled peace talks.
Lute will meet with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiadis at 11 a.m. on Sunday and later with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci.
Athens, Nicosia on standby for developments in East Med
Defense officials and diplomats in Athens and Nicosia are on standby for potential developments in the Eastern Mediterrenanean in the coming period while international observers await a fresh peace push aimed at reunifying Cyprus.
Coming period ‘decisive’ for Cyprus, spokesman says
The coming period will be "decisive" for Cyprus, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou told reporters on Saturday amid mounting expectations of a new United Nations-mediated bid to reunify the divided island.
Anastasiades and Akinci willing to meet in New York
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci reportedly expressed their readiness Friday to resume talks in New York next month along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The two men held an informal meeting Friday at the residence of the UN's special representative Elizabeth Spehar in the United Nations buffer zone in Nicosia.
Rough start in Anastasiades-Akinci talks on Cyprus problem
In their first meeting since February, Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said they had a constructive exchange of views and would continue to work with a United Nations envoy.
Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders to meet in September for talks
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades met on Aug. 9 after a five-month break and agreed to meet again in September.