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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9756

8 October 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cyprus
Reunification talks meet differences of opinion of level of autonomy for each entity

Brussels, 07/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Talks launched in September by Cypriot President Demitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat to try to bring about the reunification of the island have come up against the stumbling block of the level of autonomy to be granted to each of the two parties. “We believe that there is one people made up of two groups, while Mr Talat speaks about two different peoples. This is a serious obstacle” to negotiations, the Cypriot president...

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