Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders discuss comprehensive settlement – UN

Greek Cypriot leader H.E. Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader H.E. Mehmet Ali Talat discussed issues leading to a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem during a United Nations-sponsored meeting today.

According to a press statement issued by the world body’s peacekeeping mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Mr. Papadopoulos and Mr. Talat held their discussion “in a constructive atmosphere” at the official residence of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus in the UN Protected Area in Nicosia.

They also agreed on the need for the “earliest start of the process,” as well as on continuing their contact through the UN and meeting again when appropriate.

The decision to hold today’s meeting was reached by Rasit Pertev and Tasos Tzionis, the principal aides to the two leaders, who held a 45-minute meeting last month at UNFICYP headquarters in the presence of Wlodek Cibor, the Mission’s Senior Adviser.