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1st LD: Peace talks between Greek, Turkish Cypriots to resume on May 15

Xinhua, May 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The leaders of the estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities of Cyprus agreed to resume peace negotiations on May 15, after a hiatus of almost seven months, the United Nations announced on Monday.

UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said after hosting a dinner for President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci that they will kick off the negotiations by meeting in person again on Friday.

The negotiations were suspended at the end of last October after Turkey sent navy ships and a seismographic ship to explore for natural gas in an area claimed by the eastern Mediterranean island under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Endit