President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will hold a new meeting on Tuesday, in the framework of UN-led direct negotiations aiming to reach a solution to the Cyprus problem.

The meeting is the third 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 leaders are expected to continue their discussion on the chapter on governance and power-sharing.

UN Secretary General`s Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer will also be present at the meeting. In statements after a meeting on Monday with President Christofias, Donwer said that the UN work hard to try to help the parties in Cyprus to achieve a “good agreement” on the Cyprus problem, in consistence with Security Council resolutions. He added that if there is real progress between now and October 21st, this will have a positive impact on public confidence as well.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. UN-led negotiations began in 2008 between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, in an effort to reunify the island under a federal roof.

President Christofias and Eroglu met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Geneva, on July 7th, and according to Ban`s statement after the meeting, they agreed to enter into an intensive period of negotiations on the core issues of the Cyprus problem, with an aim of achieving convergences before meeting again in New York, next October.