Cyprus talks
Cyprus talks back on track, Tsipras-Erdogan meeting not ruled out
The Prime Minister's Office said the government has not ruled out a bilateral meeting between Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the January 12 multiparty summit concerning Cyprus that Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci agreed on late Thursday night.
Divided Cyprus's leaders agree to resume reunification talks
The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have agreed to immediately resume reunification talks, the United Nations said Friday, breaking a nearly two-week stalemate that threatened to sink 19 months of solid progress.
Date for five-party summit needed to revive Cyprus peace talks: Akıncı
A firm date for a five-party conference needs to be set in order to revive the peace talks and reach a peaceful solution on Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı has said.
UN envoy to host dinner for Cyprus leaders
A United Nations envoy will host a dinner for ethnically divided Cyprus' rival leaders in a bid to get stalled reunification talks going again.
A UN statement said Wednesday's dinner will be held inside the UN-controlled buffer zone. The zone separates the island's breakaway, Turkish Cypriot north and the internationally recognized, Greek Cypriot south.
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After failed talks, UK says solution in Cyprus 'within reach with flexibility, creativity'
A peaceful solution on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus is within reach "with flexibility and creativity," U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said before a visit to the island on Nov. 30.
"With further flexibility and creativity by all sides involved, we believe a solution is within reach," said Johnson in a written statement issued by the ministry on Nov. 29.
UN laments recent failure in Cyprus talks
The recent failed Cypriot peace talks in Switzerland's resort town of Mont Pelerin was the most serious setback in the 19 months of negotiations to find a solution to the more than 40-year-old conflict on the eastern Mediterranean island, the United Nations said Nov. 28.
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Turkish FM talks to UN adviser over Cyprus after failed talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke with United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide over the phone late Nov. 27 after a recent failure in peace talks.
Anastasiades ready to pick up where talks left off
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades blamed this week's breakdown of United Nations-backed negotiations at the Swiss resort of Mont Pelerin on a lack of "flexibility" by the Turkish-Cypriot delegation but insisted he's ready to pick up where talks left off.
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Cyprus does not confirm reports of UN special envoy returning to island
Reports of UN Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide returning to Cyprus after talks in Switzerland to reunify the ethnically split island collapsed were not confirmed by Cyprus's government on Wednesday.
Cyprus does not confirm reports of special UN envoy returning to island
Reports of UN Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide returning to Cyprus after talks in Switzerland to reunify the ethnically split island collapsed were not confirmed by Cyprus's government on Wednesday.