Greece urges Turkey to revive Cyprus peace talks

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Greece urges Turkey to revive Cyprus peace talks.

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Tuesday said Turkey must demonstrate a willingness to cooperate if the stalled peace process on Cyprus is to be revived.

Karamanlis said the island's divided Greek and Turkish Cypriots should implement a 2006 deal to talk — through committees — as a first step toward comprehensive negotiations on the island's reunification.

"We support the immediate implementation of the July 2006 agreement, and the confidence-boosting measures proposed by the Cypriot government," he said after meeting with Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos.

"The Turkish side must display a similar will to cooperate on implementing the agreement," Karamanlis said.

In September, Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed they should implement the U.N.-brokered agreement, but announced no concrete steps. Each side blames the other for the lack of action.

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I have to say, I know little of the problem, but it troules me that I hear blocks of land of Turkish occupied Cypress are being sold to people in the UK. That makes me think they are less willing for change as it may affect their investments there. You never know, as there are so many factors that can affect it, but noboday seems to really care. Right now, it appears they would feel safer with the staus quo.