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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Menelaos Hadjicostis

Leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus fail to reach deal on new crossing points

Cyprus Peace Talks - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A meeting between the two leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus ended without an agreement on Monday, with both sides failing to reach a decision on a deal aimed at building trust that included opening new crossing points across a U.N.-controlled buffer zone.

Nicos Christodoulides, the country’s Greek Cypriot president and Ersin Tatar, the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, said in a joint statement that they have instructed their representatives to continue talks and that they would meet “in the coming days.”

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