CEYPRUS LEADERS AGREE TO OPEN NEW BORDER CROSSINGS AND FUTURE TALKS

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed on Monday to open two new border crossings, coordinate on emergency ​responses and share archival materials as part of a UN-backed ‌effort to resume peace talks after nearly a decade of deadlock.

That brought the number of open crossings on the divided Mediterranean island to 11, according to ​media in Cyprus. Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot ​leader Tufan Erhurman jointly met with UN special envoy Maria ⁠Angela Holguin for about four hours in a UN-controlled buffer zone.

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