Ban Ki Moon praises Cyprus leaders on talks resumption

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Cyprus

The United Nations Secretary-General has congratulated the Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias, and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, on the outcome of their meeting which was hosted by the Special Representative, Michael Møller, on Friday, March 21.

In an announcement issued in New York on Monday, Ban Ki-Moon “warmly welcomes the leaders’ decisions to expeditiously set up a number of working groups and technical committees, and to meet again in three months’ time to review their work and start full-fledged negotiations under UN auspices. Their agreement on the opening of a

The announcement added that “the United Nations stands ready to lend its full support to the Cypriot people in their efforts to reach a settlement. The mission later this month of Under-Secretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe to Cyprus will help the United Nations to determine how it can be as helpful as possible to this process as it moves forward.”