(DIP) CYPRIOT LEADERS MEET IN SETTLEMENT TALKS.LEFKOSA, Nov 3, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders have met as part of their negotiations to find a settlement to the Cyprus dispute  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. . Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat Mehmet Ali Talat (born July 6, 1952) is the current President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (or KKTC in Turkish), which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, but is unrecognized by any nation except Turkey. said he took up with Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias the issue of properties in Monday's talks, and added that they were scheduled to meet again on Friday. "The new property regime will be based on certain criteria the disputes will be settled through swap, compensation or restitution," Talat said. Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders launched Cyprus talks in September 2008 in an effort to find a solution to the Cyprus issue. The first round of the talks was completed on August 6, 2009. And the second round started on September 10. The Turkish Cypriot president said he would depart for Brussels on Tuesday to participate in a conference at the Centre for European Policy Studies, adding that he would also meet with Olli Rehn, European commissioner for enlargement The Commissioner for Enlargement is the member of the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Olli Rehn (ALDE) who has overseen the enlargement to Romania and Bulgaria The portfolio deals with the Enlargement of the European Union, which has already grown from 6 members to . (MB-BRC) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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