Demetris Christofias News

UN speical envoy Alexander Downer said on Wednesday that there were areas of convergence and still some areas of divergence in talks to solve the Cyprus problem, noting that it was important to maintain the momentum.

" DISY and Turkish Cypriot Turkish Republican Party held a meeting Wednesday during which they discussed latest developments regarding the Cyprus problem.

According to statements made by the UN Secretary-General's Permanent Representative in Cyprus , Taye Brook Zerihoun, the leaders will continue discussions on the issue of citizenship and illegal immigration.

President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias had a half an hour meeting on Saturday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting being held in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago .

The National Council, the top advisory body to the President, has discussed recent developments in the ongoing UN-led negotiations and Turkeya s European Union accession course, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said.

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias stresses that the Commonwealth supports the efforts to reach a solution to the Cyprus problem, and hopes it will continue to express its solidarity towards Cyprus.

And the European Parliament yesterday urged Turkey to proceed with a oefull and non-discriminatorya implementation of the Ankara protocol which includes the opening of Turkish ports to Cypriot traffic.

" President Christofias has called on members of the British Parliament to exert pressure on Turkey to abandon policies of partition and expansion and cooperate constructively towards a just, functional and viable solution.

British minister for Europe Chris Bryant, left, with Cypriot president Demetris Christofias in Nicosia, November 23 2009.

More British soldiers were killed during the "Cyprus emergency" in the 1950s than have died in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Date : Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:13:11 +0400 CYPRUS TALKS CONTINUE WITH 'GOOD WILL' FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 23.Nov.09 President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has underlined that efforts to reunify Cyprus and its people will continue with persistence and good will.

To mark 26 years since the illegal proclamation of the pseudo-state, political parties today joined to condemn to move.

DIKO is unhappy with President Christofias' handling of the talks claiming he has made too many concessions on power sharing and property rights.

House President, Marios Garoyan, has called on the international community to confront with determination and stringency Turkeya s inflexibility and arrogance towards the solution of Cyprus problem.

The United States strongly believes that talks aiming to reach a Cyprus settlement a oeshould be a Cypriot-led processa , US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina Kaidanow has said.

British Court concludes two-day hearing on Apostolides vs Orams case LONDON - " The British Court of Appeal concluded on Friday a two-day hearing on a property case, brought before the court by a Greek Cypriot refugee against a British couple who have usurped his property in the northern Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, without issuing its ruling, ...

President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat are meeting again today to further discuss the thorny issue of property.

" The Cyprus issue combined with Turkey's EU December date, will be the focus of talks President Demetris Christofias and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will have on Wednesday in the British capital.

Britain has offered to give up half of the land occupied by its sovereign military bases in Cyprus if the divided island's leaders can seal a reunification deal.

The offer is similar to one made by the former colonial power in 2003 and would be conditional on a peace deal between the two sides.