Nicosia, (UNI) The Cypriot government will seek stronger United Nations efforts to resume talks on Cyprus reunification following the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Monday.
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Tufan Erhurman, who won Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot election by a large margin, and reaffirmed his readiness to resume negotiations on a federal solution under UN auspices.
He said that an upcoming UN meeting in November could provide a key opportunity to restart peace efforts.
Letymbiotis said Christodoulides plans to meet Erhurman after returning from a summit of Mediterranean European union (EU) countries in Slovenia.
Erhurman said after his victory that he would work for the reunification of the island and full EU citizenship for Turkish Cypriots, together with their Greek Cypriot compatriots.
Cyprus has remained divided since 1974, when a Turkish military intervention followed a coup by Greek army officers.
