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Cyprus Peace Talks

Cyprus' President elect Nikos Christodoulides, left, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, right, and the U.N. Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart shake hands before their meeting at the U.N compound inside the U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. The new president of Cyprus is meeting informally with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island’s ethnic division. It has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. Thursday's meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month. (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto)