President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will hold a meeting on Friday, in the framework of the direct talks aiming at finding a solution to the Cyprus problem.

According to a UN press release, the meeting will take place at 10.00 at the Chief of Missions’ residence in the United Nations Protected Area of Nicosia airport.

This is the fifth of a series of all day meetings to take place over the next several weeks until October, as agreed during a meeting between the leaders of the two communities and the UN Secretary General in Geneva on July 7th, 2011.

The previous meeting took place on Tuesday, August 23, and according to
UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Liza Buttenheim leaders continued discussion on governance and power sharing. She also had said that the leaders will meet again on Friday in accordance to their agreed schedule, to discus the remaining chapters.

She also announced that President Christofias and Dervis Eroglu have agreed to hold a make up meeting for the postponed meeting on August 5 and this meeting is to take place on 14th of September.

The meeting, scheduled for August 5, was cancelled at the request of the Greek Cypriot negotiating team. The request was accepted by both the UN and the Turkish Cypriot team.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied its northern third.

Peace talks are currently underway to find a negotiated settlement that will reunite the country under a federal roof.