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Article: Turkish Cypriot leader pays impromptu visit to Greek Cypriot south
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2008
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Turkish Cypriot leader pays impromptu visit to Greek Cypriot
south
NICOSIA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat on Friday crossed the buffer zone which has divided the island
for decades for an impromptu visit to the Greek Cypriot part of the
newly opened Ledra Street in central Nicosia.
It was the first time that a Turkish Cypriot leader walked to the
Greek Cypriot south since 1974.
Accompanied by his bodyguards and aides, Talat walked on the busy
commercial street that reopened last week. The fall of barricades on
the street was seen as a change of climate for the resumption of
substantive reunification talks due to restart by June.
Talat shook hands with Greek ...