Nicosia is awaiting the setting of a date for a tripartite meeting between the Cyprus leaders and the UN Secretary-General, with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides saying on Friday that he expects a twofold outcome. One aspect concerns the expectation for positive developments on confidence-building measures (CBMs), issues of methodology and substance, and the other the announcement of a specific date for an expanded conference. The aim, he noted, is to resume negotiations on the basis of the agreed framework, from where they were suspended at Crans-Montana.
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