Britain urges continued momentum in Cyprus talks
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Britain’s Europe minister has urged Cypriot leaders to maintain the momentum in peace talks to reunify the divided island.
British minister Caroline Flint said Wednesday after talks in
Divided by arguments over territory, property, governance and power-sharing, Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Christofias will continue discussions on the latter two issues this Friday.
The launch of negotiations marked the first major push for peace since the failure of a U.N. reunification plan in 2004, which was approved by Turkish Cypriots but overwhelmingly rejected by the Greek Cypriots. Â
Past peace efforts have repeatedly floundered on the same sticking points - power-sharing arrangements, property rights for displaced Cypriots, the nature of a future federation and the intervention rights for