Starting date of the new negotiation process has been determined as 15 May Friday at the meeting which lasted for 2 hours between the leaders last night.<\/p>\n
Negotiators of both sides \u00d6zdil Nami and Andreas Mavroyannis and UN Secretary General\u2019s Special Representative in Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim were also present at the working dinner which has brought the two leaders together for the first time under the auspices of the UN Secretary General\u2019s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide. Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide made the following statements after the joint leaders\u2019 dinner on Monday, 11 May 2015:<\/p>\n
\u201cGood evening.<\/p>\n
Tonight\u2019s dinner between the two leaders, Mr. Anastasiades and Mr. Akinci, accompanied by their negotiators, Mr. Ozdil Nami and Andreas Mavroiannis, and together with SRSG Lisa Butteneheim and myself, was conducted in a very positive atmosphere.<\/p>\n
The two leaders developed and shared their vision for the future of Cyprus, in the spirit of the Joint Declaration of 11 February 2014. They agreed that it was important to use the momentum created, and this new opportunity to move forward without delay.<\/p>\n
The leaders expressed their strong commitment, joint commitment, to move forward in a constructive and dedicated manner, and for that reason, they agreed to hold the first leaders\u2019 meeting on Friday, 15 May, to go through a general exchange of views and to agree on the modalities for the structuring and frequency of the meetings.<\/p>\n
I want to add from my side that I think this is a unique opportunity, an opportunity that will be grasped, and it is truly rewarding to work with two leaders with such a strong commitment to seeing a shared challenge that can only be solved through shared effort, to find a shared solution.\u00a0 I very much look forward to the continuation. As you have understood, we will start working, and working hard, already in the morning on 15 May, this coming Friday. Thank you for the attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Ak\u0131nc\u0131 expressed the following in a twitter message after the meeting:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have come together with Anastasiadis tonight. I consider that it has been a positive meeting and we have made a good start.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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