The two leaders in Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had their 12th meeting on Tuesday in the framework of direct talks and.The UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus Alexander Downer said the pair discussed external relations and the powers of a federal government and would continue doing so during their next meeting on December 22. The next issue on the agenda “is the relationship between the laws of the constituent states and the federal government”, he added.Asked how the negotiations were proceeding so far, Downer said: “it is good that they continue the discussions on these issues”. “[These are] very big issues for any community to work through”.The 29 December meeting will not take place due to the December holiday season.
On Monday Downer had a meeting with Talat, which he described as having been “a very good discussion about where the negotiations are and how they are proceeding”. He said he would address the same issues during a similar meeting with Christofias, he added.
Moreover, Ankara Anatolia news agency reported that Talat said afterwards that there was no reason to be pessimistic about the talks on Cyprus at the moment ."We are continuing to talk. There is progress and we do not talk about the same issues ", he said. "We agreed on some issues and we could not on some others". He added, however, that there is a need for the two Cypriot leaders to meet more frequently in the future.
Kibris also reported that Downer is flying to Athens and to Ankara for talks on the Cyprus problem with the Greek and Turkish governments .
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