The leaders of Cyprus's estranged Greek and
Turkish Cypriot communities on Tuesday agreed to support the possibility of a five-party meeting under the auspices of the
United Nations to resolve the island's decades-old division.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, who is the Greek Cypriot leader, met with newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late Tuesday at a United Nations compound in the capital Nicosia.
It was their first encounter since Tatar was elected head of breakaway northern Cyprus in October.