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Cyprus President pledges to do his utmost at forthcoming extended meeting on Cyprus

President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, has assured that he will do his utmost to fully utilize the upcoming extended meeting on the Cyprus issue that will be held under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and is expected to take place in March.

In this context, he said, he looks forward to his meeting on February 10th with the UN Under Secretary-General, Rosemary DiCarlo.

Referring to the Cyprus issue during the presentation of the s government’s annual programme for 2025 at the Presidential Palace, the President said that since the first day he assumed his duties, he has been working on the basis of a specific plan to lift the impasse in the Cyprus issue.

“The current state of affairs can not be the future of our country. With a clear political will that is recognized by all, we have managed to activate the international interest and create conditions for mobility towards the resumption of talks,” he said.

He noted that “by utilizing our status as a member state of the European Union, we have achieved a clear interconnection of the EU-Turkey issues with developments in the Cyprus problem, creating the conditions for a sustainable and functional solution, based on the agreed framework and European principles and values, through a mutually beneficial state of affairs”.

“I would like to reiterate that I will do everything possible so that we fully utilize the upcoming expanded meeting under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General, which is expected to be held next March. In this context, I also look forward to my meeting on February 10 with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mrs DiCarlo, who will come to our country” he concluded.

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 under the auspices of the Secretary-General, to discuss the way forward. Moreover, recently they held a meeting in Cyprus to explore the possibility of opening new crossing points on the island.

Source: Parikiaki.com

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