Deal on Cyprus Reunification Closer Than Ever, UN Envoy Says

A deal to end the partition of Cyprus, one of Europe's most enduring conflicts, is closer than ever and could be clinched by the end of this year, a senior U.N. envoy said Tuesday. Rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are slated to meet at a Swiss resort for talks November 7-11 to pave the way for greater convergence between two sides, split since a brief Greek coup and ensuing Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. "We are way ahead of what has ever happened before,"...

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