Tripartite Cyprus talks end without agreement

NICOSIA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- A tripartite meeting on the Cyprus issue ended on Wednesday without agreement, and no enlarged meeting will be held for now, United Nations (UN) envoy Maria Angela Holguin said.

Holguin met with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman in the UN buffer zone. She told reporters that further progress on confidence-building measures is needed before broader talks can be arranged.

Despite the lack of concrete results, Holguin said she was not disappointed, describing the process as "dynamic" but slow.

Christodoulides presented a five-point proposal, including reaffirming the agreed basis for a settlement and calling for the reopening of several crossing points. He also expressed readiness to continue dialogue and support steps toward resuming negotiations.

Erhurman said the current level of trust between the two sides was insufficient to justify an enlarged meeting. He added that key issues related to political equality and power-sharing remain unresolved, describing the talks as "useful but not very productive."

Cyprus has remained divided since 1974, when a Turkish military intervention followed a coup by Greek army officers. Decades of UN-led negotiations have failed to deliver a comprehensive solution. Enditem