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Starmer’s historic trip to Cyprus turns into a diplomatic storm as he lands on divided island

Exclusive: The prime minister has been accused of making a mistake in dealing with the bitterly divided Mediterranean island that he would not have found acceptable when he was working on the Northern Ireland peace process

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Starmer’s ‘historic’ trip to Cyprus overshadowed by fears for UK bases and Turkish Cypriot snub

Keir Starmer is set to be the first UK prime minister to hold a bilateral meeting in Cyprus since Ted Heath 53 years ago but he will arrive with questions over the future of the UK’s bases on the island and tensions over the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024

Labour rejects Jack Straw’s two-state solution for Cyprus as island marks 50 years of division

New British government under pressure to broker deal to end half-century-long crisis

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2024

UN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named a former Colombian foreign minister to scope out the chances of reviving talks to resolve Cyprus’ ethnic divide

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Official says the UN remains committed to helping reach a deal healing Cyprus' ethnic split

A senior United Nations official says the U.N. chief is paying very close attention to the situation on war-divided Cyprus and will use all means at his disposal to help reach an agreement to heal the Mediterranean island nation’s ethnic split

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

Divided Cyprus' rival leaders appeal for information on the missing as eyewitnesses die

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have made a joint appeal for information that could lead to the buried remains of people who vanished amid violence and war decades ago, as more eyewitnesses die

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Cyprus seeks to revive peace talks with Turkey over divided island

Ankara’s recent interest in improving EU access seen as window of opportunity to restart diplomatic process

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

UN Official Says World Body Committed to Cyprus Peace Deal

The United Nations remains committed to helping rival Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots reach an agreement remedying the island nation’s ethnic cleave that has been the source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades, a senior UN official said Wednesday. UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

UN official says world body committed to Cyprus peace deal

A senior United Nations official says the world body remains committed to helping rival Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots reach an agreement remedying the island nation's ethnic cleave that has been the source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023