Turkish Cypriot President Derviş Eroğlu met Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Lisa Buttenheim on Wednesday to discuss the island’s stalled reunification process.
It was Eroğlu's first meeting on the island since undergoing heart surgery on Dec. 19. The meeting was closed to press.
Special envoys of Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders also held a meeting as part of Cyprus reunification talks, with Turkish Cypriot Kudret Özersay and George Iacovou discussing economic and European Union affairs during the two-hour meeting at the buffer zone.
Eroğlu and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias are scheduled to meet for the first time in 2011 on Jan. 12, prior to a three-way meeting with U.N. Secreratry-General Ban Ki-moon slated for Jan. 26 in Geneva. Eroğlu and Christofias have held 18 meetings since last May addressing the subject of Cyprus’ reunification, a topic of discussion on the divided island that was first launched in September 2008.
Their last meeting took place on Dec. 15, with the two next meetings cancelled because of heart surgery Eroğlu underwent in the Turkish capital Ankara.
In November, the leaders met with Ban Ki-moon, who called on parties to accelerate the talks. Ban said they decided to come together again in Geneva at the end of January 2011, and to intensify talks in order to prepare a "practical plan" to eliminate disagreements.
It was Eroğlu's first meeting on the island since undergoing heart surgery on Dec. 19. The meeting was closed to press.
Special envoys of Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders also held a meeting as part of Cyprus reunification talks, with Turkish Cypriot Kudret Özersay and George Iacovou discussing economic and European Union affairs during the two-hour meeting at the buffer zone.
Eroğlu and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias are scheduled to meet for the first time in 2011 on Jan. 12, prior to a three-way meeting with U.N. Secreratry-General Ban Ki-moon slated for Jan. 26 in Geneva. Eroğlu and Christofias have held 18 meetings since last May addressing the subject of Cyprus’ reunification, a topic of discussion on the divided island that was first launched in September 2008.
Their last meeting took place on Dec. 15, with the two next meetings cancelled because of heart surgery Eroğlu underwent in the Turkish capital Ankara.
In November, the leaders met with Ban Ki-moon, who called on parties to accelerate the talks. Ban said they decided to come together again in Geneva at the end of January 2011, and to intensify talks in order to prepare a "practical plan" to eliminate disagreements.
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