(DIP) CYPRUS LEADERS TO GATHER ON THURSDAY FOR SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS.LEFKOSA, Sep 9, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders are set to meet on Thursday to launch a second round of their peace talks aimed at reunifying the division of the island. Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat Mehmet Ali Talat (born July 6, 1952) is the current President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (or KKTC in Turkish), which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, but is unrecognized by any nation except Turkey. and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias are expected to meet at the buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone in Lefkosa to discuss "federal administration" which has reportedly seen no signal of agreement between the sides. The second round of talks was supposed to start last week, but Christofias skipped the meeting after Turkish Cypriots Ethnically Turkish inhabitants of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus are referred to as Turkish Cypriots. The term is sometimes used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, as opposed to the Turkish migrants who have settled there since the Cyprus conflict of 1974. officials did not allow a number Greek Cypriots to cross into north from Yesilirmak passageway to attend a mass. Turkish Cypriot officials said the Greek Cypriot group had failed to follow necessary procedures for crossing the border. Cypriot leaders have been holding peace talks since September 2008 on a renewed effort to reach settlement. A UN-sponsored peace plan in 2004 was supported by Turkish Cypriots, but rejected by the Greek side on twin referendums. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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