UN Deputy Secretary-General Rosemary Di Carlo is expected to hold meetings in Nicosia on Monday, 10 February, CNA has learnt.
According to sources, Di Carlo will have her meetings on Monday and will leave from the island on Tuesday, 11 February.
In Cyprus, Di Carlo will meet with President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
An announcement about her contacts in Cyprus is expected from the United Nations Headquarters before the end of this week.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
On October 15, 2024, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hosted an informal dinner with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York, encouraging “the leaders to consider how to bridge the gap in their positions and rebuild trust to allow movement leading to a settlement.”
At the meeting, President Christodoulides and Tatar agreed to have an informal meeting in a broader format in the near future, under the auspices of the Secretary-General, to discuss the way forward.
In a meeting, on Monday, with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos conveyed the government’s strong will to resume substantive negotiations on the Cyprus problem, while in his statements after the end of the meeting, he stressed that there should be clarity as to the message that goes to the UN Secretary General, but also an update on the preparations that need to be made.
Last week, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Cyprus Colin Stewart said after his separate meetings with the two leaders that the effort on the opening of new crossing points was continuing, adding that his impression was that there was a will and a strong desire on both sides to find a solution.
This followed a meeting between the President and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Stewart’s residence on 20 January, during which President Christodoulides presented an eight-point package on the crossing points and other ideas he had discussed with the UN Secretary General in New York.
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Source: CNA
