Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-10-21
CONTENTS
[01] CYPRUS TALKS - MEETING
[02] PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS - TURKEY - EU
[01] CYPRUS TALKS - MEETING
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish
Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will meet here Wednesday at 1500 local
time (1200 GMT) to continue their discussion on governance.
Today, the two leaders are also expected to resume the debate on
external relations.
The leaders meet in the framework of the second round of UN-led
negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem.
In their previous meeting last Thursday President Christofias and
Mehmet Ali Talat continued their discussions on the executive, and as
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus Taye-Brook
Zerihoun said, they had a constructive discussion on each others
proposals that they have exchanged.
Christofias and Talat have been engaged in direct negotiations since
September 2008 with a view to solve the problem of Cyprus, divided
since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its
territory.
[02] PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS - TURKEY - EU
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias said on
Tuesday that Turkey has the standing demand to lift the so-called
isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, which has nothing to do with
Turkey`s accession to the EU or the Union`s decisions.
Replying to questions regarding statements by Turkish President
Abdullah Gul, President Christofias said ``the Cyprus problem should be
solved the soonest possible and Turkey has a duty to support the right
solution and not a partnership of two sovereign states, two
republics.``
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