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Turkish Cypriots to UN: two-state basis best for Cyprus deal JAMEY KEATEN and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, Associated Press April 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3An abandoned Cyprus Airways Trident passenger jet is parked on the tarmac of the long-abandoned Nicosia airport that lies inside a United Nations-controlled buffer zone, that separates the breakaway Turkish speaking north of ethnically divided Cyprus from the internationally recognized Greek speaking south, with a giant Turkish Cypriot breakaway, right, and Turkish flags painted on mountain in the background, in the Turkish...

Cyprus: UN-mediated talks fail to bridge gap between Turkish, Greek Cypriots Despite calling common ground between Greek and Turkish Cypriots "elusive," the UN's chief has said he remains optimistic about putting an to end the decades-long conflict on the Mediterranean island. An attempt to get the north and south of the island to restart peace negotiations has stalled Turkish and Greek Cypriots failed to find enough common ground in informal talks to warrant opening official negotiations with a view to ending a long-standing conflict. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made th...

The European Union is ready to “actively contribute” to a new push to revive dormant talks on reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus, the Cypriot government said on Friday. Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell conveyed the bloc’s readiness to help kick-start peace talks during a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades in the capital, Nicosia. Koushos said in a written statement that Borrell told Anastasiades the EU believes a peace deal must be within the framework outlined by the United Nations, “as well as the founding principles and EU la...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union is ready to “actively contribute” to a...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out...