President Nikos Christodoulides met the head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Khassim Diagne, at the Presidential Palace at 9am on Monday. The meeting comes a day before his next meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and ahead of a visit by the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin.
Holguin is expected to arrive on the island on October 29, and a three-way meeting with the two leaders has been scheduled for November 9, according to a UN announcement.
Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Mehmet Dana, the Turkish Cypriot leader’s representative, will meet on Monday afternoon to prepare for the leaders’ next meeting.
Christodoulides and Erhurman met on the previous two Tuesdays, October 13 and 20.
Diagne is also the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus.
(information from CNA)
