National Council to convene on Monday

President Nicos Anastasiades will convene the National Council next week to brief party leaders on developments in the Cyprus problem.

EDEK chairman Yiannakis Omirou said the meeting will take place on Monday.

It is expected that the president will brief the members of the Council — which acts as an advisory body — about his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Dervish Eroglu earlier this week.

Following his meeting with Eroglu on Monday, Anastasiades said there is still a way to go before the two communities in Cyprus reach the desired outcome that would pave the way for the commencement of a substantive dialogue for a solution of the Cyprus problem.

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