Cyprus says could be close to peace talks breakthrough


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Feb 2014

A man sits on a bench on Ledra Street, near a pedestrian crossing between Cyprus and its Turkish-controlled north, in Nicosia March 30, 2013. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Wednesday it was close to reviving stalled peace talks between the island's Greek and Turkish communities who have been locked in a festering, decades-old conflict that is harming Turkey's hopes of joining the EU.

The United Nations has been toiling for months on the wording of a 'joint statement' to restart negotiations between the island's two dominant groups that broke off in mid-2012.

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