.<br />The leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have agreed to restart peace talks on May 15 under the auspices of the United Nations. <br /><br /> Cyprus rivals to resume peace talks on Friday: UN http://t.co/gFwaQEgKPx— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) May 11, 2015<br /><br /> It was the first time the two had met since moderate leftist Mustafa Akinci swept to victory in April’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election.<br /><br /> Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades said the time was right to use the momentum to move forward.<br /><br /> Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish army invaded in 1974 in response to a brief Greek-inspired coup aimed at union with Greece.<br /><br /> Finding a settlement has defied generations of diplomats but on his election win Akinci said a peace deal was his priority.<br /><br /> Both sides agree the island should be united under a two-state federal umbrella but past negotiations have faltered on the powers of a central government and property rights of thousands of internally displaced people.<br /><br /> The last major peace
