Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders continued on Monday afternoon the reunification talks in "a very positive atmosphere," said top UN envoy Alexander Downer.
Downer, the special adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus issue, told reporters that the two leaders discussed the offices of the federal attorney-general, the federal auditor-general and the supreme court in a reunified structure.
"It was a meeting held in a very positive atmosphere," he said.
Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have met in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia since September more or less on a weekly basis, in a renewed effort to reunify the Mediterranean island.
The two pro-settlement leaders was going to negotiate deadlock-resolving mechanisms, as Downer had announced last week. Instead, they discussed on Monday the independent offices, a relatively easier topic.
Christofias and Talat are going to meet again next Tuesday.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when the Turkish military intervened and occupied the north of the island following a coup by a group of Greek officers.
In 1983, the Turkish Cypriot authorities declared the establishment of the breakaway "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which is recognized only by Turkey.
Christofias and Talat launched early this year new round of peace process in a bid to break the deadlock.
Source:Xinhua
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