Britain will host on Tuesday in New York an informal trilateral meeting of Cyprus’ three guarantor powers on Cyprus problem.

According to a diplomatic source, at 1:00 pm (local time) British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will attend a working lunch at the British Permanent Representation at the UN.

Greece, Turkey and the UK are guarantor powers, according to the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.  Numerous UN-backed negotiations, aiming at reuniting the island under a federal roof, have failed to yield results. The latest talks under UN aegis took place in the summer of 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana.

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