The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities decided to accelerate talks aimed at reunifying the divided island, it was announced on Wednesday.
Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu have also agreed to meet twice a month.
Nicos Anastasiades (Greek Cypriot leader)
Dervis Eroglu (Turkish Cypriot leader)
The announcement was made by the UN following a meeting between the two leaders.
Speaking afterwards, Anastasiades said “there has been a constructive discussion” highlighting the need for the two sides to engage in a substantive dialogue to change the current situation.
Asked if he is optimistic, Anastasiades replied that he did not want to make any statements that might be perceived as engaging in the usual “blame game.”
Küfi Seydali
18.09.2014