According to a number of official statements issued on Sunday, an agreement related to reviving talks on the ethnically broken apart Cyprus was reached upon by both Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, Tassos Papadopoulos and Mehmet Ali Talat, respectively, on Saturday.

The agreement included a framework for the way in which the talks are going to be led from now on and the approaches these talks are going to adopt in order to ease a deadlock that is currently being a milestone in the path of Turkey towards the European Union. Therefore, the two parties will develop what has been called a twin-track process that will involve on one level, talks on daily issues and on a second level, talks that regard more complex issues, such as troop withdrawals, concessions in matters of territory, property rights for the refugees, the governance system within a country which may see reunification in the time to come. These subjects have always been an object of discussion and controversy between the two and their tackling was agreed upon in order to allegedly boost confidence in each other.

On the other hand, issues, even serious ones, are looming near, which is to say this agreement may not be the solution for the end of all problems, not by a long shot. Regarding this issue, a western official stated: "As with everything related to Cyprus, it should never be taken as a given", one Western official stated.

Moreover, the Cypriot newspapers viewed this agreement with caution, amid the positive and optimistic declarations on both sides. The media took on the "fine print" of the whole situation, meaning the statement made by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, even though he supported the talks: "Withdrawing soldiers, giving back Maras are out of question. We support Mr. Talat. I hope the international community will see once more how constructive the Turkish side is." Referring to his statement, the media highlighted the fact that agreeing to a framework is easier than actually implementing it, blaming the Turkish side for leaving the most difficult part on the Greek one.