The UN Secretary-General’s envoy, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, has submitted her report on the Cyprus issue and is now consulting with the two guarantor powers, Greece and Turkey, to discuss the next steps.
These discussions by Holguin and Guterres will take place in the lead-up to the UN General Assembly in New York this September.
Currently, Nicosia appears to be unaware of the contents of Holguin’s report on the Cyprus issue. Her forthcoming meetings with Gerapetritis and Fidan may shed light on the assessment she submitted to the UN Secretary-General.
Following the submission of her report, the Personal Envoy on the Cyprus issue provided an informal briefing to the Security Council on her findings and the outcomes of her contacts with both sides on the island and other key stakeholders.
In addition, she has arranged meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey to discuss the current situation. These meetings are expected to reveal the UN’s future intentions.
George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan are currently in Washington for the NATO summit, and Olga will travel to the US capital to meet with them.
This development demonstrates her ongoing engagement with the Cyprus issue, as was evident during her previous meetings with the UN Secretary-General and the Greek Foreign Minister. Her subsequent actions will largely depend on the directives from the UN Secretary-General.
The leaders of Greece and Turkey, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met in Washington on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
During their meeting, the Greek Prime Minister referred to the Cyprus issue, stating (according to Greek government sources) that 50 years after the 1974 tragedy, Cyprus, an EU member state, remains divided, and reiterated the need to resume talks to resolve the issue.
Regarding Erdogan, a statement from the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications mentioned that the meeting covered Turkish-Greek bilateral relations, as well as regional and global issues.
The Turkish President stated that Turkey continues its efforts to foster a spirit of solidarity with Greece based on the principle of good neighbourliness, and these efforts will be further strengthened.
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Colin Stewart, will address the Security Council today in a closed session to brief on the activities of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
This customary meeting involves the UN Secretary-General’s representative in Cyprus presenting the work of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
This meeting is of significant interest, particularly concerning Colin Stewart’s presentation on the situation in Cyprus and the responses from the members of the Security Council during the briefing.
Following the NATO Summit, the Greek Prime Minister will travel to New York, where he is scheduled to meet with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Friday.
