Dutch Princess Mabel is accompanying three members of The Elders on a vist to Anakra, Athens and Cyprus to lend support to the peaceprocess and talks to reunify Cyprus.
The delegation, to be led by Elders chairman Desmond Tutu of South Africa, will also include former UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland.
Before travelling to Cyprus, the Elders will visit Ankara (8 Sept) and Athens (9 Sept) to discuss issues related to the peace process with senior political leaders. Their visit will take place approximately one year since talks to reunify the island began between the Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who visited Cyprus in October 2008 with Archbishop Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi, is unable to join his fellow Elders on this visit due to prior commitments. © GPD
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