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Article: UN envoy cautiously optimistic over Cyprus reunification talks
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- January 16, 2009
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UN envoy cautiously optimistic over Cyprus reunification talks
NICOSIA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The top UN envoy on Cyprus on Friday
expressed cautious optimism over the Cyprus reunification talks.
"It's an incredibly difficult task," said Alexander Downer, the
UN secretary-general's special adviser on Cyprus, adding the
difficulty of putting together an agreement should not be
underestimated "after so many years and such deep conflict."
"But days like today just help to confirm the view that I've
expressed on many occasions that I am cautiously optimistic," he
said.
Downer made the remarks following the 16th direct talks between