February 2, 2021
A sign marking the U.N. buffer zone stands on the southern Greek side of the Ledra Crossing of the Green Line in Nicosia, Cyprus. The other side of the fence is the northern Turkish side. (Photo: By Jpatokal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)
NICOSIA After decades of stalemate, international negotiators will try, once again, to restart talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots over the divided eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
But this time, the dynamics have fundamentally shifted, with the Turkish side now pushing for a two-state solution instead of the decades-long goal of reunification.
The United Nations has been trying, unsuccessfully, to reunite the ethnically divided island of Cyprus since 1974, when Turkish forces invaded the northern part following a coup by Greek army officers who sought to unite Cyprus with Greece.