Cyprus' rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders met in Nicosia Tuesday to lay the groundwork for historic negotiations on reunifying the ethnically divided island.
A senior U.N. official said Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat agreed in principle that any settlement should involve a single state, with common citizenship for all Cypriots.
"The two leaders met today in a positive and cooperative atmosphere," said Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the United Nations secretary-general's special envoy for Cyprus.
"They discussed the issues of single sovereignty and citizenship, (on) which they agreed in …
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