Readout of Vice President Biden’s Calls with President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci

The Vice President spoke by phone today with President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci. The Vice President praised the leaders and their negotiating teams for their hard work and the historic progress they have made towards a settlement that would reunify Cyprus as a bizonal, bicommunal federation. The leaders reaffirmed to the Vice President their commitment to maintaining the momentum of settlement talks and looked forward to making additional progress when talks reconvened in Switzerland on November 20.