DiCarlo eager to discuss Cyprus issue

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said she is eager to discuss with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders the way forward on the Cyprus issue. DiCarlo posted on her twitter account that she is travelling to Cyprus on her first visit to the island and will also meet youth and women’s groups and visit the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). Her meeting with Greek Cypriot Leader Nikos Christodoulides is set for March 15 in the morning. Later she is expected to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Early in the afternoon she will inaugurate a photo exhibition at the Home of Cooperation in the buffer zone, for the participation of women in the negotiations for the Cyprus problem. During her stay she will also meet with the members of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and will visit Famagusta, by helicopter, and the buffer zone in Nicosia. She is expected to depart from Cyprus on March 16. ( Source CNA)