New York Times: ‘Symbol of Hope’: U.N. Chief Says Deal to End Cyprus Conflict Could Be Near
GENEVA — Could the conflict in Cyprus, one of the world’s longest-running stalemates, be finally coming to an end?
The foreign ministers of Britain, Greece and Turkey met in Geneva on Thursday with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders, the first time such a high-level gathering had taken place in the four decades since the island’s partition, in 1974. The meeting — coming one day after the two sides detailed their visions of how internal boundaries might be redrawn, another first — caused the United Nations’ new secretary general, António Guterres, to hold out the prospect of a deal.
“We are facing so many situations of disaster, we badly need a symbol of hope,” Mr. Guterres, attending his first international meeting since taking up leadership of the United Nations, said on Thursday. “I strongly believe Cyprus can be the symbol of hope at the beginning of 2017.”
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