Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-09-14

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

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[01] UN CHIEF - CYPRUS

[01] UN CHIEF - CYPRUS

He also said he has an official in Cyprus working with both communities and trying to build confidence so that the UN will be able to make a judgment, when the situation is right to start the effort over again.

Asked during a press conference at the UN whether he feels betrayed by the Greek Cypriots that the Annan Plan was rejected, Annan described the rejection as a missed opportunity to unify Cyprus.

Annan said when the plan was rejected he was obviously" disappointed. "I thought we missed an opportunity, he added.

However, he acknowledged that once one party rejected the proposal you could not take it any further.

Annan said if the crisis had come to a head earlier, then maybe one could have made some adjustments. But, of course, this happens when you put proposals on the table. They are not always accepted 100 per cent.

The UN chief, who leaves his post at the end of the year, said he hoped that the process will continue to go forward. I have a man on the ground working with both communities, trying to build confidence for us to be able to make a judgment, when the situation is right, to start all over again.

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat agreed on July 8th 2006, during a meeting in the presence of UN Undersecretary General for political affairs Ibrahim Gambari, to begin a process of bicommunal discussions on issues that affect the day to day life of the people and concurrently those that concern substantive issues, both contributing to a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem.

Following the agreement, aides of the two leaders in Cyprus, Tasos Tzionis and Rasit Pertev, began meetings in the office of UN Secretary General`s Special Representative to Cyprus Michael Moller in the Nicosia UN buffer zone, where they are working on implementing the 8 July agreement.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded and occupied the islands northern third.

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