"U.N.-Cyprus talks likely in April
Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:10 AM GMT
NICOSIA (Reuters) - U.N.-mediated talks preparing for a new round of Cyprus reunification negotiations may be possible as early as April, Foreign Minister George Iacovou says.
Peace talks collapsed last year when a United Nations blueprint designed to end more than three decades of ethnic partition was accepted by Turkish Cypriots but rejected by their more populous, richer Greek counterparts.
The island subsequently joined the European Union divided, represented in practice only by its internationally-recognised Greek Cypriot part.
'Proximity talks would be likely, in the initial stages. It could also possibly be in April,' Iacovou told Cyprus radio on Wednesday."
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