Cyprus Talks: Leaders of the divided Cyprus island, Anastasiades and Akinci to meet on August 9

Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci will meet on Friday, August 9, in a bid to see how if's possible to kick start stalled reunification talks..

The announcement was made known by the Cyprus government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Monday.

According to his message on Twitter, arrangements are being made with the office of the UN special representative in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar.

Prodromou spoke of  an “open, informal discussion so as to open the road to the resumption of the talks the soonest possible.”

Prodromou said that the talks must restart from the point they stopped in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, based on the framework of the UN Secretary-General, the so-called Guterres framework, with its six parametres, the relevant decisions and resolutions and EU’s principles and values. 

He added that the final agreement must take into account the issue of security.

Cyprus Talks: Leaders of the divided Cyprus island, Anastasiades and Akinci to meet on August 9