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DATE=9/12/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N-CYPRUS TALKS RESUME (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-266416
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  Saying the "time has come to move ahead," U-N 
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today (Tuesday) opened 
the fourth round of talks aimed at starting direct 
negotiations on Cyprus. VOA Correspondent Breck Ardery 
reports from the United Nations.
TEXT:  Mr. Annan met separately with Cypriot President 
Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf 
Denktash. Alvaro de Soto, Mr. Annan's special advisor 
on Cyprus, told reporters the Secretary-General read a 
statement to both sides in which he said the time has 
come to move to the negotiating stage. 
            ///de Soto act///
      In the course of these talks I have ascertained 
      that the parties share a common desire to bring 
      about, through negotiations in which each 
      represents its side and no one else as the 
      political equal of the other, a comprehensive 
      settlement enshrining a new partnership on which 
      to build a better future in peace, security and 
      prosperity on a united island.
            ///end act///
The U-N sponsored meetings are called "proximity" 
talks in which both sides in the Cyprus dispute meet 
separately with a U-N representative. Mr. de Soto said 
the Secretary-General will likely take a more active 
role in the current talks than he has in the past. The 
first round of proximity talks was held in New York 
last December and two more rounds were staged in 
Geneva in February and July. The current talks are 
expected to last about a month. As has always been the 
case, there is a strict news blackout on the substance 
of the talks.
Ideally, U-N officials would like to lay the 
groundwork for an agreement on a united Cyprus with 
some autonomy for the Greek and Turkish communities. 
Cyprus has been split into Turkish north and the Greek 
south for 25 years with U-N peacekeeping forces 
maintaining a cease-fire between the two 
sides.(Signed)  
NEB/UN/BA/PT 
12-Sep-2000 18:12 PM EDT (12-Sep-2000 2212 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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