The negotiators of the two sides in Cyprus, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Kudret Özersay, met on Wednesday in Nicosia and discussed citizenship and EU matters, as well as preparations for the next meeting of the leaders of the two communities, namely President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu.
Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides has told CNA that the negotiators discussed `EU and citrizenship matters, and there were also preparations for the forthcoming meeting of the President of the Republic with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, on June 23`.
`The Greek Cypriot side submitted a document on the chapter of the economy and the Turkish Cypriot side a document on the issue of citizenship. The next meeting of the negotiators will be held next Wednesday, June 25, with topics for discussion citizenship, the EU and the economy`, he noted.
Meanwhile, Spokesperson of the Good Offices Mission in Cyprus Michel Bonnardeaux says in a statement that the negotiators `continued substantive negotiations on citizenship and EU matters and discussed preparations for the next leaders meeting to be held on 23 June 2014`.
`The negotiators agreed to meet again on 25 June 2014`, Bonnardeaux says, adding that `the UN will continue to hold bilateral meetings with the two negotiators in the coming days`.
Cyprus, which joined the EU in 2004, has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Talks are currently being held to reunify the island under a federal roof.