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Divided Cyprus' rival leaders still looking for land deal

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Women walk in front of barrels that blocke a road that divides the Greek and Turkish Cypriots controlled areas in the divided capital Nicosia, on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are locked in crucial talks for a second time in two weeks in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland that will determine whether a peace deal is within reach. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (The Associated Press)

People stand on the Venetian wall behind a fence at the Turkish Cypriot controlled area and looks to the Greek Cypriot part in the divided capital Nicosia, on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are locked in crucial talks for a second time in two weeks in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland that will determine whether a peace deal is within reach. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (The Associated Press)

A cyclist passes in the Greek Cypriot controlled area in the south, by the Venetian wall as Turkish, left, and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags are displayed on an abandoned Turkish military guard-post, in the Turkish Cypriot controlled area of the divided capital Nicosia, on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are locked in crucial talks for a second time in two weeks in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland that will determine whether a peace deal is within reach. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (The Associated Press)

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are holding a second day of complex negotiations at a Swiss resort on how much territory Greek and Turkish Cypriots will run as part of an aimed-for federation.

It's hoped that talks at Mont Pelerin will wrap up Monday with an agreement paving the way for a final summit to agree on post-settlement security arrangements.

Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci aim to delineate zones that either side will administratively control.

A 1974 Turkish invasion triggered by a coup aiming at union with Greece divided Cyprus along ethnic lines.

Also on Monday, Greek and Turkish Cypriots will hold a rally in support of peace, inside the U.N.-controlled buffer zone splitting the capital, Nicosia.