List of Cyprus technical talk issues to be submitted today

The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus are due today to submit the list of issues to be discussed at the meetings of technical committees, which will deal with preparing the ground for talks on the Cyprus problem.

On July 8 Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, met at the presence of UN Undesecretary-General for political affairs Ibrahim Gambari and agreed to begin a process of bicommunal discussions on issues that affect the day to day life of the people and concurrently those that concern substantive issues.

They agreed to exchange a list of issues to be discussed between the two sides by the end of July.

The agreement stated “the Technical Committees on issues that affect the day to day life of people will commence by the end of July provided that, at the same time, the two leaders will also have exchanged a list of issues of substance and its contents to be studied by expert bi-communal working groups and finalized by the Leaders.”

Hinting that the thought the Turkish Cypriot side might not be ready, Pashiardis said

“Our side will respond on time to the provisions of the July 8 agreement,” adding “we hope that the Turkish side will show the necessary good will and political will for the preparation of substantive negotiations aiming at reaching a final solution to the Cyprus problem.”