Spotlight: Supporters of Cyprus peace have upper hand after elections

31-1-2018 Famagusta Gazette FamagustaGazette Warmer

Spotlight: Supporters of Cyprus peace have...

Supporters of peace negotiations on both sides of the dividing line which separates Turkish and Greek Cypriots have the upper hand after separate elections in the two communities, political analysts said on Tuesday. Nicos Moudouros, a specialist on Turkish and Turkish Cypriot affairs, said Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci handed the task of forming a new "government" of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state to the leader of a leftist pro-negotiations party after elections earlier this month. He said that the coalition "government" by two leftist and two center Turkish...

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