Today the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon will meet Republic of Cyprus president Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader, "president" of the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" Dervis Eroglu in New York in an attempt to spark negotiations and move toward the prospect of reconciliation. Each side seems to be sceptical entering the meetings after the TC leadership criticized the GC leadership of stalling discussion, while the GC community only agreed to the meeting if a strict meeting agenda was outlined beforehand.
The meeting begins at 1pm in New York City and a press release is due out by the end of the day. Here is the Cyprus Mail article.
A meeting to "boost the momentum of peace talks" and break the stalemate... Another meeting is scheduled for January. Hopefully something constructive will come out of that.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/slap-wrist-ban-ki-moon/20101119
Exerpt from the Cyprus Mail article linked below:
ReplyDelete"In the meantime [before the next meeting in January in Geneva], Ban expects the two “to establish a practical plan for overcoming the major remaining points of disagreement” by identifying further convergences and the core issues that remain unresolved throughout the six chapters.
A key sentence followed, the meaning of which will become much clearer in two months: “That, in turn, will help the United Nations determine its own next steps.”
In essence, Ban is asking the two leaders to come up with a clear-cut summary of the points of convergence and divergence in all six chapters by the end of January, after which the UN will decide how best to proceed."
Sounds to me like Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General is planning to propose a new plan/referendum.
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus-problem/clock-ticking-cyprus-talks/20101120