Christodoulides calls talks with Erhürman 'very good and constructive'

Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides described his meeting with Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman today as very good and constructive. In a statement after the meeting, Christodoulides said the dialogue will continue with the participation of María Ángela Holguín, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus.

According to Christodoulides, the two sides decided not to make further statements on certain issues and to issue a joint statement. He stressed that the absence of a joint statement was not related to any deadlock in the talks and was a joint decision. The two leaders had also met representatives of the Youth Technical Committee, the Cultural Heritage Technical Committee and the Steering Committee of the Civil Society Consultation Mechanism.

Before leaving for the meeting, Christodoulides said he would focus on three of the 19 proposals he had put on the table. These were a new proposal on border crossings, a proposal on closed Varosha and direct trade, and a proposal on methodology from the Greek Cypriot side. He also said he supported bold Confidence-Building Measures.