"Turkish-Cypriot leader optimistic on talks
John Phillips
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Turkish-Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat says recent talks with Greek-Cypriot leaders made significant progress toward a power-sharing settlement and that he is confident that Europe's last wall, dividing the island's capital, Nicosia, can be dismantled before April presidential balloting in Northern Cyprus.
In an interview, the moderate, pro-Western Mr. Talat invited his Greek-Cypriot counterpart, Dimitris Christofias, to attend Camp David-style marathon peace talks by the end of the year to draft an accord reuniting the island in a federation in which Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots would have political equality. "
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