The foreign minister of ethnically divided Cyprus offered a bleak outlook Thursday for resuming stalled peace talks any time soon even though a senior United Nations official affirmed the commitment of the world body’s chief to remain engaged in resolving one of Europe’s most intractable conflicts.
Cyprus divided into ethnically Greek and ethnically Turkish sides in 1974, when Turkey invaded following a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
Despite a long-standing agreement that a peace deal would reunify Cyprus as a federation composed of two zones separately administered by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, Turkey and Turkish Cypriot authorities insist that recognition of the breakaway state is a prerequisite for more talks.
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