Cyprus Talks New York

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu discussed on Wednesday governance and power sharing, the property issue as well as EU matters, in the framework of the UN-led talks aiming at reaching a solution that would reunite the country, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion.

The leaders will meet again on Friday October 21 in view of their meeting with the UNSG Ban Ki-Moon scheduled to take place in New York on October 30 and 31.
“The leaders had a long meeting yesterday and they discussed quite a few of the issues. There was a lot of focus on governance and power-sharing, there was some discussion about European Union matters and there was extensive discussion also about the property issue,” Special Adviser of the Secretary-General Alexander Downer told the press after today’s meeting which lasted almost five and a half hours.

Referring to the meeting in New York, Downer said that the SG will be there for at least part of both of those days, adding that “we will provide the Secretary General with a report on the progress that’s been made in these negotiations in advance of the meeting in New York”.