Cyprus' rival leaders have called off a meeting to avoid a crisis over the disputed basis of long-running talks to reunify the divided Mediterranean island.
The island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias says he canceled Thursday's meeting after hardline Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu disputed the federal basis of any future peace accord.
Eroglu ousted a leftist moderate in an election in April. He has long backed separate sovereignty for the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north, but agreed to resume talks from where they left off before pausing for the poll.
Christofias says the leaders' top advisers would clarify the matter before they meet again.
Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
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