Diplomacy

Feb 22, 2017

Cyprus peace process falters after latest talks called off

Talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus suffered another blow after the leader of the island's breakaway Turkish Cypriots backed out of a scheduled meeting


Feb 21, 2017

Turkish FM: Turkey's military rights still needed in Cyprus

Turkey's foreign minister says his country's right to intervene militarily in Cyprus is still necessary given recent actions that have fanned insecurity among Turkish Cypriots


Feb 20, 2017

After Trump remarks, Saudi repeats Palestinian state support

Saudia Arabia is reasserting support for a Palestinian state after U.S. President Donald Trump said Mideast peace doesn't depend on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict


Feb 18, 2017

Turkish Cypriot leader: Fix trust first, peace talks later

The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots says talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus can resume once the island's Greek Cypriot president moves to restore deeply shaken trust


Top Trump envoys signal no quick changes to US-Russia ties
Feb 16, 2017

Top Trump envoys signal no quick changes to US-Russia ties

The Trump administration is signaling no quick change in U.S.-Russian relations, putting the onus on Moscow to prove itself if it wants closer cooperation


Cyprus peace talks meeting ends abruptly, blaming ensues
Feb 16, 2017

Cyprus peace talks meeting ends abruptly, blaming ensues

A feud over Cyprus' troubled history on Thursday led to the abrupt halt of reunification talks between the ethnically split island's rival leaders, with confusion over who walked out on whom


Turkish Cypriot leader asks UN for help on 'history' feud
Feb 15, 2017

Turkish Cypriot leader asks UN for help on 'history' feud

The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots says he has asked U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to step in and settle a dispute over Cyprus' complex history that he said threatens to harm peace talks and whittle away trust


Feb 14, 2017

Austrian politician documents Turkish surveillance abroad

Turkish diplomatic offices around the world are gathering information in a bid to undermine organizations loyal to a Muslim cleric who Turkey believes was behind last year's coup attempt, an Austrian lawmaker said Tuesday


Feb 13, 2017

Cyprus president: "historical reference" not a policy change

Cyprus' president has rebuffed claims by breakaway Turkish Cypriots that a new law making the annual commemoration of a 1950 vote in support of union with Greece compulsory in Greek Cypriot schools threatens to scupper reunification talks


Cyprus: UN Security Council has role in reunification talks
Feb 6, 2017

Cyprus: UN Security Council has role in reunification talks

U.N. Security Council member states must take part in a future summit aiming to remove a key stumbling block to a deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus, the island's government spokesman says


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