Biden Encourages Cyprus Leaders to Continue Negotiations for Settlement

  US Vice President Joe Biden has encouraged the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, namely President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, to continue negotiations for a Cyprus settlement, Cyprus News Agency reports.

A White House spokesperson has said in a written statement that Biden spoke by phone with President Anastasiades and Akinci and “encouraged the leaders to continue negotiations and expressed his confidence in the leaders` ability to secure a settlement that would reunify Cyprus as a bizonal, bicommunal federation to the benefit of all Cypriots”.