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Cyprus’ President Accepts UN Invitation for Talks on Decades-Old Dispute

Latest attempt to resolve the decades-old Cyprus problem
Turkish Cypriot leader suggests no grounds to resume talks

Nikos Christodoulides.
Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg

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By Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou

August 4, 2024 at 7:31 AM UTC

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August 4, 2024 at 12:35 PM UTC

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Cyprus’s president accepted an invitation to a UN-brokered meeting that will attempt to restart talks on unification of the divided island, although it’s unclear if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will agree to attend.

A Aug. 13 meeting in New York has been proposed with the aim of kick-starting discussions on the decades-old Cyprus problem, Nikos Christodoulides said in a speech late Saturday, according to a transcript sent from his office.