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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-09-11
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[01] UN CYPRUS TALKS
[01] UN CYPRUS TALKS
The Cyprus talks process cannot be imposed from the outside, it must be
a Cypriot-owned and Cypriot-led process to succeed, Deputy Spokesperson
for the Secretary General of the UN, Marie Okabe, has stressed.
During her daily briefing, Okabe, said Friday that the
Secretary-General is expected to meet with each of the leaders, Cypriot
President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat in the coming weeks.
Okabe was invited to say whether the UNSG shares the same views as
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe, outlined in
a UN paper published in the Cypriot press.
I am aware of the press report and don`t have a direct comment on that,
she said, but added that as to our general approach on Cyprus, the UN
is working very closely with the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to
help them find a negotiated settlement, all the while respecting -- as
we have said repeatedly -- that for this process to succeed it cannot
be imposed from the outside, it must be a Cypriot-owned and Cypriot-led
process.
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