President Nikos Christodoulides may meet EU Special Envoy Raffaele Fitto on Saturday, straight after his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens, he told journalists on Thursday.
Christodoulides was speaking to reporters as he arrived at the inauguration of the “Holy Cross Square and Traditional Core of Omodos” regeneration project, where he was due to give a speech.
Athens trip tied to Guterres visit
Asked about his upcoming trip to Athens, he said he would travel there on Saturday morning for an exchange of views and coordination, adding that the meeting was considered necessary given the UN Secretary-General’s upcoming visit.
He raised the possibility of meeting Fitto immediately afterwards, describing it as something that could happen straight after the Mitsotakis meeting.
“Momentum” from Cyprus’s own strategy
Christodoulides said Cyprus wants to build on momentum it has largely created itself, through its own moves and strategy. His goal, he repeated, remains restarting negotiations from where they were interrupted in 2017, based on the agreed framework.
Holguín briefed by EU
Asked separately about Personal Envoy María Ángela Holguín, Christodoulides said she had been in Brussels and had met Fitto, where she was briefed on the EU’s positions on the Cyprus problem. Those positions, he said, “fully align with the positions of the Republic of Cyprus.”
Holguín’s schedule ahead of Guterres’s arrival
Christodoulides said Holguín has an important meeting today in Turkey, where she will see the Turkish Foreign Minister, before then travelling on to Cyprus. He added that contacts were under way for a further meeting with Holguín on Sunday or early Monday, ahead of the UN Secretary-General’s arrival.
(Information from Cyprus News Association)
