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UN, EU officials agree on how to help reach Cyprus solution

Xinhua, July 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United Nations and the European Union (EU) agreed on ways to help Greek and Turkish Cypriots reach a solution to the decades' old Cyprus issue, a United Nations official said on Thursday.

United Nations emissary Espen Barth Eide said after a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that they had "a meeting of minds ... on how to support the Cypriots' quest for reunification."

This is the first time the EU has committed itself to actively working towards a Cyprus solution.

Junker is on a two-day visit to Cyprus. Endit