[Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades talks during a televised news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia]Cyprus's president said on Friday significant differences remained between Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the ethnically-split island but he hoped talks next week could resolve some outstanding issues. Division along a U.N.-monitored ceasefire line has prevailed since a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a brief coup inspired by the military then ruling Greece, and is a source of friction between NATO allies Greece and Turkey. President Nicos Anastasiades, who leads the Greek Cypriot community, is due to take part in talks with his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Mustafa Akinci at a Swiss resort from Nov. 7-11.
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