title: 2017 in Cyprus
text: # 2017 in Cyprus
  
  Events in the year 2017 in Cyprus
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Nicos Anastasiades
  * President of the Parliament: Demetris Syllouris
  
  ## Events
  
  Ongoing – Cyprus dispute
  
  ### January
  
  * 9 January – Greek and Turkish local leaders in the country resume talks to end the division of the island before a high level multilateral conference takes place in Geneva this week in the latest effort to reunify the island.
  * 13 January – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows that the Turkish Armed Forces will stay on Cyprus "in perpetuity" and that the proposal of a rotating presidency for a unified island is unacceptable, casting doubts on an eventual solution to the dispute. The remarks come as the latest round of unity talks end, set to restart on January 18.
  
  ### March
  
  * 3 March – The European Parliament votes to end visa-free travel for U.S. citizens after the U.S. government failed to agree to visa-free travel for citizens of five E.U. member states, including Cyprus. The resolution is non-binding.
  