(DIP) CYPRIOT LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE MOMENTUM TO PEACE TALKS.LEFKOSA, Sep 17, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 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 agreed Thursday to accelerate Cyprus peace talks launched to reunify re·u·ni·fy tr.v. re·u·ni·fied, re·u·ni·fy·ing, re·u·ni·fies To cause (a group, party, state, or sect) to become unified again after being divided. the island. Cypriot leaders, who met 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 for the 42nd time under Cyprus peace talks, also agreed to have two meetings in a week instead of one. At today's meeting, Talat and Christofias discussed their proposals on "execution" under the topic of "administration and power sharing", said a UN official in the island. UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Cyprus Taye Brook Zerihoun said that the two leaders would have their next meeting on October 5. The Cyprus talks began in September 2008 in an effort to find a solution to the Cyprus issue. The first round of the talks was completed on August 6, 2009. And the second round started on September 10. (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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