The dinner date is not expected to lead to the resumption of talks but it may help in dispelling the climate of distrust ...
Rival Cypriot leaders will meet for dinner on April 16 in an effort by the United Nations to reignite a stalled peace process...
It will be the first time Anastasiades and Akinci have met since the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland...
Turkey has said it intends to start drilling offshore Cyprus and has accused Nicosia of acting unilaterally with its energy development...
The Greek Cypriot side believes that Akinci’s dithering is not unrelated to the EU-Turkey summit in Varna later this month...
There are no clear signs when a new peace initiative might get off the ground after the latest failure...