Leaders meet for first time since collapse of talks

16-4-2018 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

Leaders meet for first time since collapse of...

The leaders of the two communities, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci met on Monday night for dinner for the first time since talks collapsed in Switzerland last July.

The aim of the meeting – hosted by UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar at the chief of mission’s residence in the buffer zone – is to try and kick-start the resumption of Cyprus talks.

As the two leaders made their way to the residence, groups and organisations from both sides of the divide gathered outside the entrances to...

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