Cyprus talks have concluded without any concrete results

UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglou were engaged in talks in the past two days, which are said to have ended without any progress towards a negotiated settlement.

Diplomatic sources have said that in the statement Ban will make on Wednesday, he will probably call on the two sides to continue their efforts in Cyprus, on the same issues, using everything that is on the table and whatever new points the two sides have presented.

It is not certain whether Ban will arrange a new meeting with the two leaders. After their return to Manhattan, the two leaders and their spouses attended a dinner hosted by Ban and his wife.

The two leaders will are set to confer before the official wrap up of the talks and agree on the content of the statement to be issued.

Ban will submit his report on Cyprus to the Security Council in February, with his conclusions about efforts to solve the Cyprus problem during the past 3,5 years, that direct talks are going on between the leaders of the two communities.

Meanwhile earlier Tuesday in statements about the first day of the talks in Greetree, UN Spokesman Martin Nezirski underlined United Nations’ commitment to help in conciliating this Cypriot led process.

“It is indeed unusual for any Secretary-General to devote so much time to one particular topic in a concentrating period. That’s an indication of how important the Secretary-General believes it is to be able to move this process forward. And I would simply encourage you to listen to what the Secretary-General has to say tomorrow morning, by way of an assessment, how those meetings over these two days have been going,” he noted.