Cyprus negotiations: UN Secretary to hold talks with leaders

Cyprus: displaced people and reunification of a divided island

The United States government has signalled a positive view of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four key conditions for restarting serious negotiations on the Cyprus problem. A senior U.S. State Department official reportedly praised Erhurman’s framework, which calls for political equality, time-limited talks, preserving past agreements, and UN-guaranteed lifting of embargoes if negotiations stall again. Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has presented his own five-point proposa