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Article: Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders pledge to continue talks
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 8, 2008
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Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders pledge to continue talks
NICOSIA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders
expressed their determination to go on with peace talks during a
social event Wednesday night in the UN-controlled buffer zone,
officials said.
Greek Cypriot leader and Cypriot President Demetris Christofias
and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat attended a reception in
a hotel for representatives of the political parties from the two
communities.
Officials from both sides emphasized that the encounter would
just be a social event, not a formal meeting between the two leaders
who agreed in March to restart the reunification talks.
During their short encounter, the two ...