“Negotiation process back on track” says UN Special Advisor

The UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said that the negotiation process has entered a very critical but positive phase.

Special Advisor Eide, who gave an interview to BRT, said that the deadlock in Mont Pèlerin had been overcome in the past week, and all parties are continuing their preparations for the Cyprus Conference in Geneva next month.

Eide stated that the negotiators are meeting three times a week ahead of Geneva in order to make progress on the issues that have not been agreed.

Regarding the procedural problems in the past, Eide said that precautions have been taken to prevent such things occurring again.

In addition to the negotiators, the Leaders will also meet before meeting in Geneva. Eide said that the roadmap for the negotiations is now ready.

Eide also held important contacts in Athens and Ankara over the past few days and added that all the guarantor countries, including the UK, welcome the resumption of the negotiations.