Cyprus Community leaders to continue discussion on governance

President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will meet here Wednesday at 1500 local time (1200 GMT) to continue their discussion on governance.

Today, the two leaders are also expected to resume the debate on external relations.

The leaders meet in the framework of the second round of UN-led negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem.

In their previous meeting last Thursday President Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat continued their discussions on the executive, and as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus Taye-Brook Zerihoun said, they had a constructive discussion on each other’s proposals that they have exchanged.

Christofias and Talat have been engaged in direct negotiations since September 2008 with a view to solve the problem of Cyprus, divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.