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UN's Eide on a Cyprus Settlement: Leaders Should Not Let this Opportunity Slip by

image735-aspxThe UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, believes there is still a lot to be done in Cyprus and the leaders of the island’s two communities should not let this opportunity slip by.
Following the latest meeting, Eide told the CNA that the security issue is going to be discussed later in the process and is one of the decisive issues, noting that if the two sides want to overcome their mutual fears, they do not necessarily have to be overcome with security solutions, but perhaps with a credible political set-up.
“It was a very high level meeting and the SG pointed out that there was no issue during the UN General Assembly that he has spent so much time on, than this particular meeting. This was a tribute to his own commitment to the process,” Eide commented and added that the SG sees a possibility for the process to move on.
During the discussion at the meeting, Eide said the sides presented a similar perception where things are, where they agree and where they do not.
“Where did we have to spend some time? We know that we want to go from here to there. From where we are and at the end of the day we want a signature on the deal between them. On that time we have to involve the international players, because otherwise we don’t know what to sign. The guarantors have to be involved,” he told CNA.
When asked if he left the meeting more optimistic than before, Eide described himself as a “realist optimist” and that he believes that the meeting was “useful.”
“It was not the end of the road at all; we have a lot to do and a lot to do in Cyprus and a lot to do further, but it was important to have this opportunity…it’s massive; they should not allow this opportunity to slip,” Eide said.
President Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci have been engaged in peace talks under the UN aegis in hopes to find a solution to the Cyprus problem. The island has been divided since 1974 when Turkey’s military invaded and occupied its northern third.
Source: CNA

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