New York, Feb 25 2009 4:00PM
Focusing on the issue of property, the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders resumed talks today as part of United Nations-sponsored negotiations aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island.
Greek Cypriot leader, Dimitris Christofias, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, met today in Nicosia, where they had a nearly two-hour tête-à-tête followed by discussions on the criteria for setting the property issue.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Cyprus, Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, said that the leaders have decided to continue these discussions next Thursday, 5 March.
After property, the next item of discussion will be matters concerning the European Union, he added.
In May 2007 the Cypriot leaders committed to a partnership that will comprise a Federal Government with a single international identity, as well as a Turkish Cypriot Constituent State and a Greek Cypriot Constituent State which will be of equal status.
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