Nikiforos, u kome učestvuju regruti Nacionalne garde i na hiljade rezervista, otkazan je u periodu 2001-2004. kao mjera za izgradnju povjerenja tokom tadašnjih pregovora o ponovnom ujedinjenju pod vodstvom UN-a.
Nikiforos, which involves National Guard conscripts and thousands of reservists, was cancelled between 2001 and 2004 as a confidence-building measure during the UN-led reunification talks at the time.