Sides exchange public service, security proposals

Greek and Turkish Cypriots continued substantive negotiations on Wednesday, exchanging proposals on the federal public service, on matters related to the police and on past acts, the United Nations said.

Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Kudret Özersay discussed issues relating to international treaties and previous acts.

UN spokesman Michel Bonnardeaux said in a statement that, as requested by the two leaders during their meeting on July 7, 2014, the negotiators agreed on a special meeting to be held on July 18 to further discuss confidence building measures, methodology and the way forward.

Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides told the Cyprus News Agency that the Greek Cypriot side submitted a document on the federal civil service, while the Turkish Cypriot side tabled a document on internal security and the federal law enforcement authorities.

The next meeting of the negotiators will be held on July 16, with the transitional periods, the EU and citizenship on the agenda.

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