President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Monday in a two ours meeting and continue the discussion on external relations and property, as Special Representative of UNSG in Cyprus, Lisa Buttenheim has stressed afterwards .

UN will have bilateral meeting with both sides to continue working on these issues, she added.

The representatives of the two leaders, George Iacovou and Kudret Ozersay will meet next Thursday at 3 pm to continue the discussion and the two leaders will hold a new meeting on Monday, December 12, at 10 am, at the presence of UN Secretary General`s Special Adviser on Cyprus Alexander Downer.

Asked if Downer is holding contacts abroad regarding the Cyprus issue, Buttenheim said that “when he is outside the island he is thinking Cyprus a lot but I can’t tell you where he is right now”. She added that Downer will be back to Cyprus this weekend.