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Reunification talks are not expected to resume immediately though steps to overcome the cause of the interruption will be taken in the next days, UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on Saturday.
Speaking after a lengthy meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, the UN diplomat said they were trying to overcome the difficulties caused after parliament endorsed the right-wing party Elam’s proposal to commemorate the 1950 Enosis (union with Greece) referendum in public schools.
Eide added that steps that could be useful towards that direction would be made in the next days but did not provide any further detail.
He reiterated that both leaders were still committed to the talks and there was a strong desire to find ways to resume the talks even if that would not be right away.
“But we hope the sooner the better,” he said.
He said a new methodology should be applied once the talks did resume to speed up results on matters pending for months.
Eide looking at ways to overcome Enosis vote blockage - Cyprus Mail
Not sure how the Enosis referendum screwed things up.
Speaking after a lengthy meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, the UN diplomat said they were trying to overcome the difficulties caused after parliament endorsed the right-wing party Elam’s proposal to commemorate the 1950 Enosis (union with Greece) referendum in public schools.
Eide added that steps that could be useful towards that direction would be made in the next days but did not provide any further detail.
He reiterated that both leaders were still committed to the talks and there was a strong desire to find ways to resume the talks even if that would not be right away.
“But we hope the sooner the better,” he said.
He said a new methodology should be applied once the talks did resume to speed up results on matters pending for months.
Eide looking at ways to overcome Enosis vote blockage - Cyprus Mail
Not sure how the Enosis referendum screwed things up.
