Cyprus' Cristofias ready for workable solution

Cypriot President Demetris Cristofias said on Wednesday that he was ready to reach a workable solution with Turkish Cypriots over the island's decades-old division.

"We want a workable solution as soon as possible," he told journalists ahead of a meeting on Friday with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.

"At the same time, we believe it is not productive to act in haste without the necessary preparation that would allow progress to be achieved.