Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-04-17
CONTENTS
[01] US - TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
[01] US - TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
US Ambassador to Cyprus Ronald Schlicher said that every day that goes
by without political engagement on the Cyprus problem is an opportunity
wasted, adding that the United States urge the parties, under UN
auspices, to talk through issues on which they disagree and seek to
find agreement to establish dialogue on the wide range of political
issues.
Speaking after a meeting in Nicosia with Democratic Rally (DISY)
President Nicos Anastasiades, Schlicher said the US call on the parties
to proceed with discussions on a technical committee level, and
expressed certainty that everybody on the island desires that that
political engagement takes place as soon as possible so we can start a
negotiating process.
Schlicher said it is ``very useful`` for him to visit the different
party leaders to be able ``to get their sense of what the people of
Cyprus are thinking about the Cyprus issue and about the wide range of
domestic issues that the country faces as well.``
Asked about the technical committees on the Cyprus problem, Schlicher
said ``we have been very, very clear in our relations with all of the
parties and with the UN that we very much urge that work on those
issues that the parties have decided to discuss at the technical level
go forward.``
He added that the US urge ``the parties, under the shepherding of
(Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Michael) Mr.
Moller, to actually talk through those issues in which they don`t agree
yet and seek to find agreement to establish dialogue on the wide range
of political issues that need to be engaged because the US thinks that
every day that goes by without that political engagement is an
opportunity wasted.``
``It`s my very strong sense that everybody on both sides of the island
really desire that that political engagement takes place as soon as
possible so we can start a negotiating process that will actually
address the many overwhelming political questions that still need to be
addressed,`` he noted.
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