Christodoulides met with Guterres in New York – Cyprus issue in focus

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres successful New York, connected the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly.

According to his statements aft the meeting, an expanded gathering connected the Cyprus issue is expected to instrumentality spot successful November, aiming to resume substantive talks from the constituent wherever they stopped successful Crans-Montana.

“Amalthea” Humanitarian Corridor

The Cypriot President received the Secretary-General’s acknowledgment for Cyprus’ decisive relation successful the “Amalthea” humanitarian corridor for Gaza. So far, 25,000 tons of assistance person been sent, with Guterres requesting the continuation and intensification of shipments owed to difficulties successful Jordan and Egypt.

Cyprus’ EU Presidency

The presumption of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU was besides discussed. As President Christodoulides noted, Guterres recognized the value of the European dimension, and it was agreed to beforehand EU–UN practice done the Cypriot presidency.

Cyprus Issue successful Focus

The Cyprus contented was astatine the halfway of the discussion. Christodoulides emphasized that the UN Secretary-General remains committed to efforts to resume talks contempt planetary crises. He stated that the adjacent substantive gathering is expected aft the “elections” successful the occupied areas connected October 19, with November being the astir apt date.

New Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force successful Cyprus

António Guterres informed President Christodoulides of the assignment of a caller caput of the UN Peacekeeping Force successful Cyprus (UNFICYP), a adjacent associate, who volition lend some to the ngo of the unit and to the wide effort to restart dialogue.

President Christodoulides avoided commenting connected the captious statements of the Turkish Cypriot person Ersin Tatar, noting that immoderate utmost positions are portion of the pre-election run successful the occupied areas. He reminded, however, that answers regarding the signifier of a Cyprus solution were provided by 3rd parties, specified arsenic the UN Secretary-General and the British Minister for Europe, clarifying that the solution cannot spell beyond the agreed framework.

The gathering was attended by Foreign Minister Konstantinos Kompos, Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, Negotiator Menelaos Menelaou, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN Maria Michail, and the Director of the President’s Diplomatic Office, Doros Venezis.