Wednesday’s meeting with President Ersin Tatar was “yet another positive step” with progress including youth issues, demining and restoration of cemeteries, Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides said after the meeting.

Progress, he said, was made on four out of six topics, while Tatar announced that they would be meeting again before April 20.

The UN issued a statement saying the leaders had agreed to establish a Technical Committee on Youth, to discuss demining, that the Technical Committee on Environment would work on initiatives related to the environment and climate change and would continue discussions on crossing points and solar energy in the buffer zone. The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, meanwhile, would be tasked to work on the restoration of cemeteries

He added that “we are pressing forward” and that “we have started implementing what we promised the [UN] secretary-general.”