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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 11-08-27
CONTENTS
[01] DOWNER - CYPRUS TALKS
[01] DOWNER - CYPRUS TALKS
The issue of territory was examined on Friday by President of the
Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader
Dervis Eroglu during their one-day meeting, in the framework of the
direct talks aiming at finding a solution to the Cyprus problem.
UN Secretary-Generals Special Advisor Alexander Downer told reporters
after todays meeting which lasted more than five hours that it was an
opportunity to focus the discussions on the issue of territory. It was
agreed, he said, that the issue of maps and figures would be discussed
at the very end of the process, so that wasnt the issue today, and the
leaders had a good opportunity to exchange views and consider each
others positions.
Downer told reporters that he believes that during this phase it is
really important that the leaders ``are able to have discussions in
private obviously with us, and the principle of privacy needs properly
to be respected here.``
Otherwise it makes it very difficult to come here with different
proposals and to discuss those different proposals, if there is going
to be an analysis of them if there is a leaking of them publicly, an
evaluation of them day by day by the UN,`` he added. Downer said he can
understand it is frustrating not to get that information but always in
these types of negotiations it is important to preserve that privacy.
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