18/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - New phase in negotiations on Cypriot question. The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, Nicos Anastasiades and Dervis Eroglu, reached agreement on Wednesday 17 September “to move to the next phase of structured negotiations” on the question of the separation of the island. United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide informed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that “they have instructed their negotiators to enter into active negotiations with a view to bridging the gaps through real negotiation on unresolved core issues and to increase the pace of their meetings”. Anastasiades' and Eroglu's respective negotiators and their teams have finished their presentation of the proposals on all the issues. The UN press release added that “the leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to lead the negotiations in an interdependent, results-oriented manner, through a win-win approach - with the aim to reach a settlement as soon as possible”. (CG)