The rival leaders of divided Cyprus on Thursday agreed on multiple projects to boost mutual trust in hopes of getting back on track long-stalled formal talks to resolve the island’s 51-year-old ethnic cleave.
Nikos Christodoulides, the island’s Greek Cypriot president, and Tufan Erhurman, the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, agreed to work out a deal that would allow Turkish Cypriot manufacturers of Halloumi cheese, or Hellim in Turkish — a rubbery, squeaky cheese that’s the island’s top export — to access European markets.
