Statements
by the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Spokesman on Cyprus
The
Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Mr
Farhan Haq
, during yesterday
’s press briefing, at the UN headquarters, in New York, stated the
following :
“The
Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus
, Espen Barth Eide, spoke to the press following his meetings with Greek Cypriot
leader Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in Cyprus
today.
The
leaders are scheduled to meet tomorrow – this is the second meeting between the
leaders; the first one took place on 28 May.
In
the meantime, their negotiating teams have continued to meet, including today.
At their meeting tomorrow, the leaders will continue to focus on fulfilling
their joint vision for a united federal Cyprus. They have already scheduled
additional meetings in June and July.
Special
Adviser Eide commented on the work of the two negotiating teams for continuing
to pave the way towards substantive negotiations”.
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17/6/2015
