Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Cyprus's president cancelled peace talks scheduled for Friday, his spokesman said, and cut short a visit to Turkey in anger over a perceived protocol breach at a U.N. summit where the rival Turkish Cypriot leader was treated as a head of state.
President Nicos Anastasiades was in Turkey attending a U.N. summit on the migration crisis but refused to attend a banquet for heads of state on Monday evening after Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who represents breakaway north Cyprus, was also invited.
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