It comes in the wake of riots in the Short Strand and lower Newtownards Road areas overnight on Monday and Tuesday, followed by quiet on Wednesday.
Intensive talks held between nationalist and loyalist leaders are believed to have kept the peace, with a further day of meetings taking place on Thursday to try and sustain it.
These are understood to have involved face-to-face talks between Peter Robinson and senior members of the UVF, the paramilitary organisation which police say orchestrated the trouble.
Another meeting, which took place later between unionist residents and community leaders at the Ballymac Centre off the Newtownards Road, was a heated affair.
Around 100 people from the area outlined their grievances to a panel representing the main political parties, saying they feel abandoned and let down.
"What the people here need to see is action, not words," youth Leader Alfie McCrory told UTV.
"We need to be seeing action in the next couple of weeks because the longer this goes on the papers will be lost and we'll still be in this position six months down the line."
Social Development Minister and local MLA Nelson McCausland was one of the representatives there. He said that working through the issues will take a longer term approach.
"There are issues about dialogue and getting a better understanding between communities but those are longer term issues," Mr McCausland told UTV.
"The problems must be grasped now and quickly to ensure the safety of citizens. There was conversation and suggestions for practical measures tonight, but those are short term - the other is a longer term process."
Meanwhile in the Short Strand, one community worker said decades of work that has gone into ending sectarianism and building friendships across the peace line won't go to waste.
"Relations that had been put in place can be resurrected - they won't just go away," Bernie McConnell told UTV.
"People have been working in the communities for up to 30 years together, and while we saw strong violence they aren't going to be hard to get back together."
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott said Northern Ireland's peace took "two steps forward and one step back" in the wake of what has been called some of the worst rioting in Belfast in a decade.
Bottles, bricks and petrol bombs were thrown, and a number of gunshots fired, as the loyalist and nationalist communities clashed at the east city interface over two nights.
A photographer was amongst those taken to hospital for treatment on injuries, and two suspects are still being held in police custody in connection with the trouble.
"It's a wake-up call to us all to redouble our efforts to make sure we do make Northern Ireland the safer and prosperous place that everyone wants," Matt Baggott said.
The Office of the First and Deputy First Minister on Wednesday appointed a senior civil servant to work with loyalist and republican communities to try and curtail the problem.
"Where there are genuine concerns, we want to help," DUP leader Peter Robinson said.
"We represent this whole community, we care about this whole community, and we want to hear what this community has to say and this is the job we will continue to pursue."
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said: "We are very determined to lead the charge against the force of destruction.
"I am very heartened by the fact that the forces of positivity and constructiveness are clearly there in every section of our community - and that they will work with us to ensure that we hopefully never see a repeat of these unacceptable scenes again."
Wednesday night saw a lull in the street violence, with only minor incidents of stone throwing and taunting occurring as police kept hundred strong gangs of loyalists and nationalists apart.
The stand-off lasted for several hours, with officers and marshals working to keep the area calm.
Police and stewards returned to the streets on Thursday but no fresh disturbances have been reported.