March 29, 2024 10:49 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge | Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest at 63 | NIA arrests key conspirator in Bengaluru cafe blast case | Actor Govinda returns to politics after 14 years of 'vanvas', joins Eknath Shinde camp | 'To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture': PM posts after 600 lawyers write to CJI
As Cyprus talks continue, UN envoy spotlights 'positive climate' of negotiations

As Cyprus talks continue, UN envoy spotlights 'positive climate' of negotiations

India Blooms News Service | | 30 Jun 2015, 10:03 am
New York, June 30 (IBNS) Substantive negotiations between the leaders of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities are continuing amid "a positive and results-oriented atmosphere," the United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, has confirmed.

In a statement released earlier today, Eide reported that the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akýncý, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, were now focused on “unresolved core issues” related to governance, property, and criteria on territory, as they both continued their pursuit of a comprehensive settlement for the political situation facing the Mediterranean island.

“Akýncý and Anastasiades discussed those issues at length in a pragmatic and constructive manner, making further progress,” the UN official declared. “They provided new guidance to the negotiators who will meet three more times this week to carry forward their work on core issues.”

On the topic of confidence building measures, the statement read, both leaders “took stock of the work done to implement already agreed confidence building measures” and also exchanged views on the economic prospects that would arise from a solution.

“With substantive negotiations now at the centre of their work, Akýncý and Anastasiades reiterated their resolve to reach a comprehensive settlement as soon as possible,” Eide continued, highlighting the “positive climate” characterizing the negotiations.

The next meeting between the Cypriot leaders is set for 10 July.

Photo: UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.