Cyprus negotiators hold their first meeting after the dealock at Mont Pelerin
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The UN-led Cyprus talks resumed on Monday with a meeting between Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami.
CNA has learnt that during the meeting they talked about organisational matters relating to their work and the issues to be discussed. They also agreed to meet three times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Their next meeting will take place on Wednesday.
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci decided last week to immediately re-engage in their negotiations and instructed their negotiators to continue meeting in order to achieve further progress on all outstanding issues interdependently, while they (Anastasiades and Akinci) will also meet as required.
Furthermore they decided that they will meet in Geneva on the 9th of January 2017, on the 11th of January they will present their respective maps and that from the 12th of January, a Conference on Cyprus will be convened with the added participation of the guarantor powers, while other relevant parties shall be invited as needed.
The two leaders held in November two rounds of talks in Mont-Pelerin, Switzerland, focusing on the territory aspect of the Cyprus problem. The UN announced after the end of their talks that despite their best efforts, they were not able to achieve the necessary further convergences on criteria for territorial adjustment that would have paved the way for the last phase of the talks.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory. Anastasiades and Akinci have been engaged in UN-led talks since May last year, with a view to reunite the island under a federal roof.
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ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY