FILE PHOTO: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 2020. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
GENEVA/NICOSIA/ANKARA (Reuters) -The United Nations failed on Thursday to bridge disagreements over restarting peace talks on ethnically-split Cyprus, with the rival sides standing their ground in a conflict that spans half a century.
Diplomats had been trying to break a jogjam in talks between rival Greek and Turkish Cypriots, which collapsed in acrimony in 2017. Cyprus's split is a constant source of tension between NATO allies Greece and Turkey, and has taken on sharper focus since the discovery of natural gas in the region.
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