Cyprus peace process

A ?United Cyprus Federation? has been on the agenda of resumed negotiations with the Greek side of the divided island, Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? has said.

Britain is ready to offer a reunified Cyprus large swathes of British bases territory on the island in the event of a peace deal, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says Britain is ready to offer a reunified Cyprus large swathes of British bases territory on the island in the event of a peace deal, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said July 18.

Long-divided Cyprus has no better chance than now to strike a UN-brokered peace deal, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told the Greek Cypriot parliament on July 17.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is to start his first official visit to Greek Cyprus on July 16 for talks on the bailed-out island's economy and the UN-brokered peace process.

Rival Cypriot leaders said after negotiations on July 10 that any UN-brokered peace settlement for their divided island would be based on European Union principles.

A second simultaneous referendum on Cypriot reunification could take place in early 2016 following negotiations between the two entities' presidents, a Turkish government source said July 2.

Negotiations to settle Cyprus's division are starting to show some progress, Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said on July 2, in an unusually upbeat assessment on prospects of ending one of Europe's oldest conflicts.
 

Rival Cypriot leaders have made progress on the prickly core issues of putting the divided island back together again, UN envoy Espen Barth Eide said on June 29.

United Nations Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide on Monday returned to Cyprus, where President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci are due to meet Wednesday, after being briefed about Greece?s positions on the reunification talks.

Both sides in Cyprus must work to find a solution that does not create winners or losers on the divided island, Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades told Hürriyet in a recent interview, adding that a new government in Turkey may have a ?direct effect? on the talks that recent got back on track.