The office of the UN Secretary General’s spokesperson has not yet made any comment after the telephone conversation held Wednesday between the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and the UNSG Ban Ki moon.

According to CNA sources, the discussion focused on the joint declaration that is yet to be agreed upon between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides that would pave the way for the resumption of the Cyprus talks.

Meanwhile, an official from the US State Department, invited by CNA to comment on the developments on the Cyprus issue, said that ‘talks continue’ but did not wish to further elaborate.

During the telephone conversation with Ban, President Anastasiades analyzed the position of the Greek Cypriot side on the joint declaration and stressed his willingness to continue following a positive and constructive stance on the issue.

The position of President Anastasiades is that before talks can begin, a Joint Declaration should be issued to record the basic parameters of the solution on the basis of previous High Level Agreements of 1977 and 1997 and UN resolutions, which provide for a bizonal bicommunal federation with a single sovereignty, one citizenship and one international personality. Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu refuses to see the validity of such a joint declaration statement.

The Joint Declaration, the President points out, must not overlook Cyprus’ status as a full EU member with respect to the acquis communautaire and EU values and principles, which should in turn secure the rights of all citizens of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.

The last few weeks the UN have been meeting with the negotiators of the two communities in an effort to resume the talks with no result. Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded and since then occupy 37% of this Mediterranean island`s territory.

Cyprus is a full EU member state since 2004. It assumed its first EU Presidency in 2012.