Talks on property continue

The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, Christofias and Talat, yesterday held their 20th meeting in the framework of UN-led negotiations on finding a solution to the Cyprus problem. Yesterday’s meeting lasted over three hours and included a tete-a-tete lasting of an hour and a half.

The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative to Cyprus Taye-Brook Zerihoun said the leaders had continued their discussions on the issue of property, and would meet again on March 5. After that the leaders would move on to discuss EU issues, Zerihoun said.Asked why the leaders were still discussing the criteria and not the substance of the property issue, Zerihoun said they had started exchanging views on the principles that would guide the discussions and for the past two meetings they had been discussing the criteria to define the parameters under which it would continue. “After that they will make a decision whether those discussions could continue in other fora”, he said.