[Women hold a Cyprus flag during a demonstration in favour of a peace settlement on divided Cyprus, in Nicosia]Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Wednesday he expected Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to soon propose a return to United Nations-brokered peace negotiations after he skipped talks to reunite the long-divided island last week. The two men have raised hopes of a breakthrough this year on the issue of reuniting Cyprus, a European Union member state but divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriots since Turkey invaded in 1974. Anastasiades visited Istanbul last week to attend the U.N. World Humanitarian Summit - the first time a Greek Cypriot leader travelled to Turkey in half a century.
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