Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday called for construction on the planned road which would link the buffer zone village of Pyla with Arsos in the north to restart.Speaking during a village to the nearby village of Pergamos,

Leaders of the divided Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides and Ersin Tatar, failed to reach an agreement on opening new crossing points within the UN buffer zone, aimed at fostering trust and economic ties.

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar on Monday met Nikos Christodoulides, leader of the island's Greek Cypriot Administration. The meeting was held at the residence of Colin Stewart, special representative and head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), in the Mediterranean island's buffer zone.

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on February 10, Tatar’s office announced on Thursday. DiCarlo’s meeting with Tatar is the first date to be announced of her forthcoming trip to Cyprus,

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are to meet on Monday at the residence of UN Secretary General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart to discuss the opening of new crossing points.

Rival Cypriot leaders met Monday to discuss opening more crossing points across the divided island, the United Nations said, as part of trust-building efforts to revive stalled peace talks.

United Nations Chief of Mission in Cyprus Colin Stewart, center, hosts a meeting between the ethnically divided island nation's Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, right, and the leader of

NICOSIA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus held a much-anticipated UN-brokered meeting on Monday, focusing on easing movement across the ceasefire line but stopped short of announcing an immediate agreement on opening new crossing points, the UN mission said in a statement.

A meeting between the two leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus has ended without an agreement. Both sides failed to reach a decision Monday on a deal aimed at building trust that included opening new crossing points across a U.

Turkey insists on a two-state solution for Cyprus as renewed UN talks loom, raising tensions between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The UN and EU advocate for a federation instead. Talks collapsed in 2017 primarily over military presence on the island.

General Secretary Asım Akansoy has called on President Ersin Tatar to engage with political parties ahead of the 5+1 meeting scheduled for March.

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