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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Cyprus reunification talks making slow progress

Negotiators grapple with detailed matters of property transfers and governance as issue of security guarantees looms large UN-led talks on the reunification of Cyprus entered the second of four scheduled days on Tuesday, with only a major intervention by the Turkish president or the Greek prime minister thought to be capable of changing the slow rate of progress. The first days of the Geneva talks, which are seen as the best chance for a peace settlement on the divided island in more than a decade, are focusing on detailed issues including property transfers between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, before moving to future security guarantees on Thursday. Continue reading...


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