Greek Cypriot president, Turkish Cypriot leader meet

Описание: (11 Jan 2017) Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci arrived at UN offices in Geneva on Wednesday for a third day of talks.
The two leaders are trying to reach agreement on a range of outstanding issues before the talks take on an international dimension on Thursday with the arrival of leaders from Britain, Greece and Turkey.
A 1974 Turkish invasion, prompted by a coup aimed at uniting Cyprus with Greece, split the island into a breakaway Turkish-speaking north and a Greek-speaking south.
Only Turkey recognises a Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence.
After 19 months of complex reunification negotiations, Anastasiades and Akinci agreed to meet in Geneva to clinch agreement on how much territory would go to each of the two, partially autonomous zones that would make up the country.

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