"bufferzone"

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23 Feb 2023

Cyprus' President elect Nikos Christodoulides, left, and the U.N. Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart 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 with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in an informal gathering to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island's ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. The meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month.

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23 Feb 2023

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, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. The new president of Cyprus is meeting with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in an informal gathering to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island's ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. The meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month.

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#9632734

23 Feb 2023

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, right, and the U.N. Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart are seated during 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 with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in an informal gathering to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island's ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. The meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month.

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#9632732

23 Feb 2023

Cyprus' President elect Nikos Christodoulides, center left, 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 with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in an informal gathering to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island's ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. The meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month.

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#9632730

23 Feb 2023

Cyprus' President elect Nikos Christodoulides, center left, 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 with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in an informal gathering to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island's ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. The meeting will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month.

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23 Feb 2023

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.

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#9598252

16 Feb 2023

A box of humanitarian aid donated by Greek Cypriots in the south of the ethnically divided island nation to be transferred to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north from where it will be taken to Turkey for distribution to earthquake victims at the vacant Ledra Palace hotel inside a U.N. controlled buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia. Cyprus, Thursday, February 16, 2023. The earthquake in Turkey has prompted ordinary citizens on both sides of the divided island to cast aside politics and start collecting money and other aid for the quake victims.

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#9598250

16 Feb 2023

A British soldier serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) collects a box of humanitarian aid donated by Greek Cypriots in the south of the ethnically divided island nation to be transferred to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north from where it will be taken to Turkey for distribution to earthquake victims at the vacant Ledra Palace hotel inside a U.N. controlled buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia. Cyprus, Thursday, February 16, 2023. The earthquake in Turkey has prompted ordinary citizens on both sides of the divided island to cast aside politics and start collecting money and other aid for the quake victims.

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16 Feb 2023

A British soldier serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) collects a box of humanitarian aid donated by Greek Cypriots in the south of the ethnically divided island nation to be transferred to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north from where it will be taken to Turkey for distribution to earthquake victims at the vacant Ledra Palace hotel inside a U.N. controlled buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia. Cyprus, Thursday, February 16, 2023. The earthquake in Turkey has prompted ordinary citizens on both sides of the divided island to cast aside politics and start collecting money and other aid for the quake victims.

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#9495142

25 Jan 2023

A little girl swings inside a park that separates the breakaway Turkish Cypriots from the Greek Cypriots to the south, as a UN guard post in the UN buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia is visible to the left. Cyprus, Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

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#9495098

25 Jan 2023

The green field of Taksim Stadium, located in a dead zone in the Ledra Palace area in the northern part of the divided capital Nicosia, can be seen through the bars. Cyprus, Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

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#9232526

22 Nov 2022

A UN guard post in the UN buffer zone behind the barbed wire that divides the Greek and Turkish Cypriot areas, with the venice wall, right, and the Turkish Cypriot breakaway northern part of the divided capital Nicosia. Cyprus, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Today, Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades, is leaving for Germany to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. They will discuss the Cyprus issue, as well as bilateral, economic and energy issues.

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#7751492

10 Feb 2022

A car passes along barbed wire that is visible along the south side of the UN buffer zone that crosses ethnically divided Cyprus, near village of Peristerona. Cyprus, Thursday, February 10, 2022.

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#7751486

10 Feb 2022

Razor wire is seen along the southern side of a U.N buffer zone that cuts across the ethnically divided Cyprus, near village of Peristerona. Cyprus, Thursday, February 10, 2022.

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#7751478

10 Feb 2022

The cactus grows near the barbed wire that is visible along the south side of the UN Buffer Zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus, near the village of Astromeritis. Cyprus, Thursday, February 10, 2022.

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#6777018

4 Jun 2021

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, center, drives along a shopping street in Turkish-occupied territory in the northern part of the divided capital Nicosia. Cyprus, Friday, June 4, 2021. Ethnically split Cyprus took a key step toward a return to its normal rhythms of life amid the pandemic on Friday when nine crossing points along a United Nations-controlled buffer zone were reopened, enabling ordinary Cypriots to cross the divide.

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