The Turkish and Greek Cypriot delegations have failed to agree on maps for new borders on the divided island state, each slamming the other’s proposals as “unacceptable,” Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday, after peace talks stalled. A week of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva between Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı had sparked optimism that an agreement to reunify the island could be at hand. For the first time since Cyprus was divided, each side unveiled their vision on Wednesday of how they saw the borders of a reunified country.

Akıncı “strongly stressed that the Greek offer could not be taken seriously [and] that no Turkish Cypriot would accept this map,” Çavuşoğlu told reporters in Ankara. “The same goes for us,” he added.

The thorny issue centers on how the boundaries are redrawn, including around the once Greek Cypriot town of Morphou on the northern coast.

Anastasiades has warned that there can be no deal without a full return of Morphou, while some in the Turkish Cypriot camp have declared its return a non-starter.
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