Turkish Cypriot leader meets UN special envoy
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 03 February 2019
- Modified Date: 05:11 | 03 February 2019
Akıncı and Jane Holl Lute discussed whether a basis could be formed to ensure the maintenance of negotiations regarding the Cyprus issue.
Turkish Cypriot presidential spokesman Barış Burcu was also present at the meeting that lasted for one-and-a-half hour.
Lute will also meet Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades on Sunday.
In 2004, negotiations over Cyprus resumed after a UN-backed Annan Plan to reunify the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities.
The reunification talks -- brokered by UN Special Cyprus Envoy Espen Barth Eide -- were launched in May 2015 to discuss a permanent settlement for the divided Mediterranean island.
There has been an on-and-off peace process over recent years, the latest failed initiative having taken place in Crans-Montana, Switzerland in July 2017 under the auspices of guarantor countries Turkey, Greece and the U.K.
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