President Nikos Christodoulides is set to meet with newly appointed EU envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Friday.

Fitto had arrived in Cyprus on Thursday and is expected to meet with the Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman later in the day.

Speaking after his meeting with the president, Fitto reiterated the EU’s will to participate “with an important role in the UN process on the Cyprus issue.”

“It is very important for us to contribute positively to the process,” he said.

He emphasised that it was very important for him to listen to the positions and said that he would return to Cyprus in the coming months, adding that he believed that there was an opportunity to achieve “very significant results” in the coming months.

More to follow.