Eroglu says they corrected some “misunderstandings” with President Christofias

Turkish Cypriot daily Gunes (20.12.11) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has said that there were some “misunderstandings” during their previous meeting with President Christofias within the framework of the Cyprus talks and added that during their meeting yesterday they corrected these “misunderstandings”.

In statements yesterday at his office after the meeting, Eroglu said that this was the last one for 2011 and added that during the 1.5-hour meeting they discussed EU issues. He noted: “There were some misunderstandings. We have corrected these misunderstandings in this meeting”.

Eroglu said that as they did on many issues, they achieved convergences on the EU matters as well and expressed the belief that an agreement could be reached. “A vital issue for us on the European Union matter is for the agreement to be reached to become primary law of the EU. I could say that we have not ended this issue, but there are convergences. We will discuss this issue at length during our meetings next year and try to end it”.

Eroglu noted that they really had a very positive and constructive meeting which was held in a sincere climate. “I had said that some debate existed during the meeting last week. Today the negotiations were held in a more sincere climate and both sides ended the meeting today believing that they could approach their views”, he added.

Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (20.12.11) refers to the same statements and reports that Eroglu said he had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner Responsible for the Enlargement, Stefan Fule and expressed his satisfaction with the statement made by the President of the EU Commission Jose Manuel Barosso, who “clearly expressed the reality” that a solution should be reached to the Cyprus problem until 1 July 2012, when the Republic of Cyprus will undertake the EU term presidency.