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Cypriot leaders to meet UN Secretary General in New York in November

Sun, Oct 31 2010 16:36 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Cypriot leaders to meet UN Secretary General in New York in November

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities are scheduled to meet United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on November 18 2010 in New York as part of the United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, the UN said on October 30.

"The meeting is taking place in the framework of the ongoing negotiation process to achieve a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, conducted by the two communities under the auspices of the United Nations," the office of the Secretary-General's spokesperson said, quoted by the UN News Service.

Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and his Turkish counterpart Dervis Eroglu have been meeting periodically with the aim of working towards "a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolution."

That partnership 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.

Earlier in October, Ban urged the two leaders to achieve concrete advances in their talks to maintain momentum in the peace process, which he noted has been slow recently. Ban follows developments in the negotiations, which were launched in 2008, through his Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer the report said.

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