By Paul Taylor
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The leaders of the divided island of Cyprus will make an unprecedented joint appeal to the world's political and business elite in Davos on Thursday to support their efforts to reach a settlement to their decades-old dispute.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who have been negotiating on a possible deal since last year, will share the platform at a special session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting entitled "Reuniting Cyprus".
U.N. and European officials say the prospects of finally reaching a peace deal to resolve one of the oldest frozen conflicts on the planet are better than at any time since Greek Cypriots rejected a U.N. peace plan in 2004.
"While the world is generally not in good shape, for Cyprus the stars are aligned," said Espen Barth Eide, the Norwegian U.N. special envoy for Cyprus and head of the WEF's global security programme.
"There's an interest among the leaders involved. Both Turkey and Greece see advantages to moving on," Eide told Reuters.
(Additional reporting by Michele Kambas in Nicosia; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Ralph Boulton)
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