ELDR Partyrue MONTOYERstraat 31 (7th floor)1000 Bruxelles - BelgiqueT +32 2 237 01 40 / F +32 2 231 19 07info@eldr.org / www.eldr.org    ELDR welcomes the resumption of talks for Cyprus settlement    Hope for the settlement of the Cyprus problem has returned, following fresh talks on Friday 21st of March 2008, between the leaders of the two communities on the island, Dimitris Christofias, newly elected President of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot Leader, Mehmet Ali Talat.Annemie Neyts, President of the ELDR Party, conveyed her support for the reopening of talks between the two sides stating that “ELDR welcomes the news of the start of negotiations to resolve the current situation in Cyprus in order to bring lasting unity and stability to the island”. In a resolution adopted at its last Congress in Berlin in 2007, ELDR urged the European Union to re-launch the process to seek a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem through a high-level debate under the auspices of the United Nations.