Guterres seeks stronger preparation for next round Cyprus talks
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the United Nations will work with both sides in Cyprus and the three guarantor powers to ensure the next informal expanded ...
Foreign ministry ‘shares concern’ over Pyla expressed in UN report
The foreign ministry on Wednesday said it “shares the concern” expressed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone ...
Government pushes for expanded conference on Cyprus talks
An expanded conference on the Cyprus issue is necessary to achieve meaningful progress and resume substantive negotiations, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday.
Speaking during a briefing for journalists ...
UN candidate Bachelet sticks with women’s-rights defense in face of US opposition
Chile’s former president, Michelle Bachelet, underlined her support for women’s rights in her bid to head the United Nations, despite calls for Washington to veto her candidacy due ...
Christodoulides insists EU council presidency will not delay Cyprus talks in letter to Guterres
President Nikos Christodoulides has written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirming that the country’s EU council presidency and the upcoming parliamentary elections “in no way affect” the immediate resumption ...
Cyprus problem negotiators to meet next week
The two negotiators Greek Cypriot Menelaos Menelaou and special representative of the Turkish Cypriot leader Gunes Onar will meet again early next week, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday.
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Christodoulides aims to ‘achieve results’ from meeting with Tatar
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said his “one and only goal” at his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday is to achieve results.
“I am coming to ...
Our View: UNSG’s reports are of very little importance
The UN Secretary-General has for 60 years been issuing reports about the situation in Cyprus and for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate. Until recently, these reports were issued twice a ...
Greek Cypriot buffer zone violations ‘are acts of self-defence’
Greek Cypriot violations of the United Nations buffer zone are “acts of self-defence”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
Speaking to public broadcaster CyBC as draft copies of UN ...
UN secretary-general’s reports expected next week
The United Nations secretary-general’s reports on Cyprus are expected to be released next week, a spokesman for the United Nations said on Monday.
They are the report of the ...
Tatar repeats demands for sovereignty, direct flights, trade before Cyprus talks
The negotiating process for a solution to the Cyprus problem can only begin when the Turkish demand for sovereignty is met, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar re-emphasised on Monday.
He ...
Christodoulides: optimistic ahead of New York meeting
President Nikos Christodoulides said he hopes next week’s meeting in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will lead to positive results.
The ...
We don’t want to go back to the past says Tatar
The possibility of holding a meeting to discuss the next steps was raised between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the United Nations Secretary-General although it would not include issues ...
UN chief condemns deadly Israeli air strike on Gaza tent camp
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned a deadly Israeli air strike in a designated safe zone in southern Gaza before dawn on Tuesday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
“The ...
Christodoulides ‘has responded positively’ to mooted talks
Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Monday that President Nikos Christodoulides has already responded positively to plans afoot to hold a three-way meeting on the Cyprus problem.
Antoniou said ...
Stewart to brief Security Council over Cyprus
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) chief Colin Stewart is to brief the UN Security Council on the latest state of the Cyprus problem on Thursday.
Stewart will address ...
Growing frustration in Cyprus says Guterres
There is growing frustration over the continued status quo across the island, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his latest Good Offices mission report in Cyprus.
An advance copy ...
Holguin to visit Cyprus for continued talks, UN confirms
The United Nations has confirmed that he special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin will visit the island soon to continue efforts to find common ground ...
Holguin to meet with Christodoulides on Monday
UNSG personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin will hold a second meeting on Monday with President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace.
Monday’s meeting will be held at 1030.
In her ...
National Council meeting shelved for ‘when time is right’
The government on Tuesday rebuffed renewed calls to convene a National Council meeting amid growing irritation over the secrecy surrounding the UNSG proposals that President Nikos Christodoulides has agreed to.
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A ‘love of loneliness’ marks demands for two-state solution in Cyprus
As the United Nations secretary-general’s personal envoy wrestles to break the seven-year standstill in the Cyprus negotiations, the Turkish Cypriot pro-solution camp seems to agree that the new process ...
Our View: UNSG’s report shows both sides are fine with partition
There has probably never been a more negative report on the UN Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission than the one released a few days ago. This may have been the ...
New UN envoy expected to take up duties as of January 1
From the first day of the new year a new UN envoy for Cyprus is expected to be in place, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
Asked when he expects ...
UNSG’s reports expected mid-January
The two draft reports by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are expected to be released to members of the UN Security Council in the second week of January, the Cyprus News ...