Leaders to meet today

PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu are scheduled to meet today within the framework of the ongoing UN led negotiations to find a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem.

The two leaders last met on December 15, since when Eroglu has undergone heart surgery.

Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou and advisor to the Turkish Cypriot leader Kudret Ozersai have met regularly on a weekly basis.

President Christofias met with Turkish Cypriot leader and UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon on November 18 in New York. During that meeting they agreed to meet again in the presence of UN SG at the end of January in Geneva.

The Geneva meeting has been scheduled to take place on January 26.



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