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UN Secretary-General urges Turkish Cypriot leader to 'reach' towards settlement

Tue, Jun 29 2010 14:00 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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UN Secretary-General urges Turkish Cypriot leader to 'reach' towards settlement

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at a meeting on June 28 2010, urged Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu to "grasp the current political window of opportunity to reach a settlement" in the dispute over the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

At UN headquarters in New York, Ban and Eroglu discussed the situation in Cyprus, where UN-backed negotiations are taking place with the aim of reunifying the island, the UN News Service said.

"The Secretary-General encouraged Mr. Eroglu to grasp the current political window of opportunity to reach a settlement," according to the UN spokesperson’s office.

"He hoped that the two leaders would make serious advances in the coming months, understanding that this would require compromises on both sides."

Eroglu voiced his commitment to reaching a settlement, adding he believed it could be achieved this year with goodwill and compromises from both sides.

The negotiations began in 2008 after the then Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot community leaders committed themselves to working towards "a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolutions".

That federation would comprise a federal government with a single international personality, along with a Turkish Cypriot constituent state and a Greek Cypriot constituent state, which would be of equal status.

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