Leaders to meet next Tuesday

FEARS OF delays in the Cyprus talks have been laid to rest after the UN confirmed that the two leaders will meet again this Tuesday.

Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu was rushed to Ankara last weekend for heart surgery to unblock a coronary artery after his personal doctor ran tests on him in Cyprus. Last Tuesday’s meeting with President Demetris Christofias was cancelled as a result, while no new dates were confirmed.

There was concern and speculation that the talks could suffer as a result, given that the normal time for recovery is usually between one and three months. Even Eroglu’s spokesman suggested that the January 26 meeting between the two leaders and UN chief in Geneva could be pushed back a week or two.

However, the UN yesterday announced that the two leaders will meet on Tuesday, at 10am within the UN Protected Area of Nicosia at the Chief of Mission’s residence.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.