Cypriot leaders discuss security issues in UN-sponsored reunification talks

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders Dervis Eroglu (right) and Demetris Christofias

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders today discussed internal security aspects in continuing United Nations-sponsored talks that seek to reunify the Mediterranean island, which has been split for almost 50 years.
“They met in a friendly and constructive atmosphere,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative for Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim told reporters after the meeting between Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Dervis Eroglu, noting that they would meet again on the subject next week.