Sunday, March 4, 2012

UN envoy: no Cyprus peace deal that won't work

A United Nations official said Friday there would be no point in rushing negotiations to reunify Cyprus if the agreement could unravel.

U.N. Cyprus envoy Alexander Downer said a deal must be reached "that will hold in place for the duration."

Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have been negotiating for six months.

Cyprus was divided into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974, when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of union with Greece.

Downer said the leaders of the island's rival Greek …

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