CYPRUS PROBLEM Confidence-building package includes four proposed crossing points and mine clearance, with disagreements remaining over the extent of the work. Photo credit: Stavros Ioannides/PIO Holguin gives leaders until Friday to respond to four new crossing points proposal Newsroom UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin has given the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides until Friday to respond to a proposed package of confidence-building measures, according to Turkish news agency ANKA. READ MORE
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