US official to meet leaders

The United States announced its long-standing support for a Cypriot-led, UN-facilitated process to reunify the island ahead of a visit by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.
“As a bizonal, bicommunal federation, Cyprus would be a beacon of stability and a model of reconciliation in this volatile region,” a press release from the US embassy in Nicosia said on Monday night.
Nuland is visiting Cyprus on Tuesday and Wednesday and will be accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Southern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Affairs, Amanda Sloat.
“Assistant Secretary Nuland is looking forward to returning to Cyprus to meet with President Nicos Anastasiades, Mr Mustafa Akinci, and UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide in order to hear about progress in the talks to resolve the longstanding division of the island and to discuss bilateral issues,” the press release noted.
She will also meet with other senior officials.
“The United States continues its long-standing support for a Cypriot-led, UN-facilitated process to reunify the island. As a bizonal, bicommunal federation, Cyprus would be a beacon of stability and a model of reconciliation in this volatile region,” the embassy said.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.