Cyprus rival leaders ask UN to hold peace summit next month

‘The rival leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus has called on the United Nations to hold a follow-up peace summit early next month, after last month’s negotiations were suspended over vast differences between the two sides, the world body says.
The Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, made the announcement on Wednesday, adding that the would-be summit is aimed at tackling the security arrangements following the reunification of the eastern Mediterranean island.
“The leaders requested the United Nations to prepare, in consultation with the guarantor powers [Britain, Turkey and Greece], for the continuation of the Conference on Cyprus at political level in early March,” Eide said.’
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