Crucial Cyprus peace talks at Swiss resort ‘inconclusive’
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Crucial talks being held at a Swiss resort aiming to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus have hit an impasse, officials said Monday, in a serious setback that casts doubt over whether 18 months of negotiations can successfully resolve the decades-old dispute.
Cyprus’ government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said United Nations-backed talks on how much territory Greek and Turkish Cypriots will administratively control under an envisioned federation have proven “inconclusive.”
“This isn’t good for anyone,” Christodoulides told reporters after the talks broke off shortly after midnight Monday. We are not at all happy with the outcome.”
A U.N. statement said Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, a Greek Cypriot, and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have failed to narrow differences on the territorial aspect of a deal over two days of negotiations at Mont Pelerin, Switzerland.