The visit of the leader of Turkey’s newly elected Justic and Development party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to Athens yesterday had all the appearances of success but produced little progress in resolving the conflict over the divided island of Cyprus.
According to Le Figaro, although Greek Prime Minister, Costas Simitis, said the meeting had been "extremely friendly", the positions of the two countries on the issue did not shift very much at all.
Mr Simitis reaffirmed that there is a...
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