Cyprus president seeks peace deal in Switzerland

‘Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says he hopes to clinch a reunification deal laying out a new security blueprint for the divided island during a crunch summit in Switzerland this week.
Anastasiades will attend United Nations-backed talks at the Alpine Crans-Montana ski resort Wednesday with “complete determination and goodwill… to achieve a desired solution”, he said in a statement.
He said he hopes to “abolish the anachronistic system of guarantees and intervention rights”, with a deal providing for the withdrawal of the Turkish army.
The eastern Mediterranean island has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded its northern third in response to an Athens-inspired coup seeking union with Greece.
Turkey maintains around 35,000 troops in northern Cyprus.’
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