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Talat and Christofias met for another round of talks which focused mainly on a general review of the negotiations process.

Technical teams from both sides were not present at today’s meeting held between the two leaders, their special representatives and the UN Special Representative to Cyprus.

In a short statement at the end of today’s meeting, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative to Cyprus TAye Brook Zerihoun said that the leaders had a held a thorough and constructive discussion on the negotiations process and its substance.

“The two leaders had a retrospective analysis of the process, both of whom were very satisfied with” he said.

The UN Special Representative added that such review meetings will be continue to held periodically from time to time.

He also reminded that the two leaders will be discussing the issue of aliens, migration and citizenship when the meet again next Tuesday on the 24th of November.

Zerihoun also announced that the two leaders will meet on the 1st and 3rd of December for more talks.

Yesterday President Mehmet Ali Talat’s Special Representative Ozdil Nami and the Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias’ Aide Yorgos Yakovu finalized the list of the various categories of properties in question.

Speaking to the BRT newsroom, Mr Nami said they completed their convergence paper on the Property issue with the completion of the list.
However, the most difficult stage comes when the two representatives start working on ways of providing remedy to property matters according to their classifications.

This stage will be given a start after the holy Kurban Bayram of the Islamic world which is next week.

TALAT EVALUATES TODAY’S ROUND


TRNC President Mehmet Ali Talat has described today’s meeting with the Leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration Demetris Christofias as very useful.

He told the press on his return from today’s round that they discussed issues of convergence and disagreement about the negotiations process in general.

Pointing out that their special representatives Ozdil Nami and Yorgos Yakovou will be intensifying their discussions, President Talat said that another estimate of the current situation at peace talks will take place after a few more meetings.

Mr. Talat added that the differing positions of the two sides regarding the thorny issue of Property were also taken up during today’s meeting.

He reminded that convergence has been reached on the Property issue regarding the list of categories only.

Responding to a question on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to hold a quintet summit on the Cyprus issue, the President noted that the Greek Cypriot Side is a bit neurotic about this issue.

Yet he said, parties concerned will have to come together while negotiating the Chapter on Security and Guarantees.

Announcing that he will be holding a series of contacts in UK at the beginning of December, President said a meeting with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown might be added on the agenda.

Answering another question on the news that documents belonging to the UN Special Adviser on Cyprus Alexander Downer were stolen, Talat expressed the view that the goal here might either be to blackmail Mr. Downer or to make negotiations collapse.

[paliometoxo]

everyone is juswt waiting for the talks to fail since both sides dont agree on what a solution is hell one president and one leader of turks dont even agree on what they are talking to achieve its like they go into talks and hear what they want come out saying yes we qare talking for permenant devision and christofias coming out saying yes we talking for re unification its going very well....

[Viewpoint]

everyone is juswt waiting for the talks to fail since both sides dont agree on what a solution is hell one president and one leader of turks dont even agree on what they are talking to achieve its like they go into talks and hear what they want come out saying yes we qare talking for permenant devision and christofias coming out saying yes we talking for re unification its going very well....

Please support your claim that we are asking for permanent partition. Where has President Talat actually demanded this???

[paliometoxo]

he says re unification but in many of his speaches i read he says christofias must allow tcs to govern themselvs and blatantly say there must be two states espesially turkey and the generals.. later if i have time ill find some to paste

[Viewpoint]

he says re unification but in many of his speaches i read he says christofias must allow tcs to govern themselvs and blatantly say there must be two states espesially turkey and the generals.. later if i have time ill find some to paste

Please do as we are not reading anything of the kind it is to be 2 states under one identity and sovereignty, no army, freedom of movement, rotating leadership.

[paliometoxo]

whats the difference? its still TWO STATEs.. so the turks get two states plus say over what goes on in this south and the gcs get nothing? thats worse then two states without this runder one state crap...

we will never accept such a thing