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| Rival leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus have agreed to try to speed up slow-moving peace talks to resolve outstanding issues in the decades-old conflict, a UN official has said. | |
| Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders launched a fresh round of peace talks in February to end more than 40 years of division but have multiple disagreements to resolve, from future governance to territory handovers. | Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders launched a fresh round of peace talks in February to end more than 40 years of division but have multiple disagreements to resolve, from future governance to territory handovers. |
| Cyprus was split in a Turkish invasion in 1974 prompted by a brief Greek-inspired coup, but the seeds of division were sown a decade earlier when a power-sharing government crumbled amid violence. | Cyprus was split in a Turkish invasion in 1974 prompted by a brief Greek-inspired coup, but the seeds of division were sown a decade earlier when a power-sharing government crumbled amid violence. |
| The latest talks, which had until now focused on submitting proposals, would now move into "structured negotiations", United Nations envoy Espen Barth Eide said on Wednesday. | |
| "They [the leaders] have instructed their negotiators to enter into active negotiations with a view to bridging the gap through real negotiation on unresolved core issues," said Eide, a former Norwegian foreign minister appointed UN special adviser for Cyprus last month. | "They [the leaders] have instructed their negotiators to enter into active negotiations with a view to bridging the gap through real negotiation on unresolved core issues," said Eide, a former Norwegian foreign minister appointed UN special adviser for Cyprus last month. |
| The process would involve placing all unresolved differences on the table to be addressed in a "negotiating format", Eide told reporters after meeting the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu, at a UN compound straddling a buffer zone in Nicosia, the island's capital. | The process would involve placing all unresolved differences on the table to be addressed in a "negotiating format", Eide told reporters after meeting the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu, at a UN compound straddling a buffer zone in Nicosia, the island's capital. |
| The United Nations would be ready to assist in coming up with ideas to bridge any gaps. There were, Eide said, "clear differences of opinion" on some issues. | The United Nations would be ready to assist in coming up with ideas to bridge any gaps. There were, Eide said, "clear differences of opinion" on some issues. |
| Turkish Cypriots run a breakaway administration in northern Cyprus, buffered by thousands of mainland Turkish troops, while the southern Greek Cypriot-populated area is run by an internationally-recognised government representing the whole island in the European Union. | Turkish Cypriots run a breakaway administration in northern Cyprus, buffered by thousands of mainland Turkish troops, while the southern Greek Cypriot-populated area is run by an internationally-recognised government representing the whole island in the European Union. |
| Anastasiades and Eroglu agreed to increase the pace of meetings to at least twice a month, Eide said. | Anastasiades and Eroglu agreed to increase the pace of meetings to at least twice a month, Eide said. |