Actor Daniel Craig inspects UN's demining work in Cyprus
By Associated Press
Oct 13, 2015 8:22 AM CDT
FILE - This is a Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 file photo of British actor Daniel Craig as he poses during a photo call in Soelden, Austrian province of Tyrol, where the 007 movie "Spectre" is being shot. James Bond actor Craig was on the island Cyprus Tuesday Oct. 13, 2015 to inspect the United Nations’...   (Associated Press)

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — British Actor Daniel Craig's globetrotting has brought him to Cyprus — but not to film any scene as superspy James Bond.

Craig was on Cyprus Tuesday to inspect the United Nations' work to clear minefields, a vestige of conflict that divided this east Mediterranean island along ethnic lines.

The U.N. said Craig inspected a live minefield now being cleared by a Cambodian demining team.

He also toured the U.N.-controlled buffer zone that separates an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south from a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.

The actor's Cyprus trip is his first since being appointed U.N. Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards.