Meeting Between Turkish Cypriot President And Greek Cypriot Leader Ends

LEFKOSA - The meeting between President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Mehmet Ali Talat and leader of the Greek Cypriot administration Demetris Christofias ended at the buffer zone in Lefkosa.
Taye-Brook Zerihoun, special representative of the UN Secretary-General and chief of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, told reporters after Tuesday`s meeting that the leaders agreed on "a single sovereignty and single nationality" in principle after the meeting which lasted for four and a half hours.
Zerihoun stated the meeting took place in a positive atmosphere and activities of technical and working committees were reviewed for the first time.
The two leaders would meet again on July 25th, Zerihoun said.
Talat and Christofias agreed late in March to resume negotiations aiming at a settlement of the Cyprus problem, and their envoys later agreed to set up a number of working groups and committees in an initial attempt to lead the way for substantial talks.
(EÖ-MS)