UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit that includes separate meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman.
In a post on the platform X, Guterres said: “I have just arrived in Cyprus to express my commitment to supporting the communities in Cyprus, to find a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem.”
I have just landed in Cyprus to express my commitment to support for Cypriot communities in the search for a comprehensive & sustainable settlement of the Cyprus issue.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) July 27, 2026
The @UN cannot impose peace.
Only Cypriots, through their leaders, can build it.
The United Nations, he continued, “cannot impose peace” but “only Cypriots, through their leaders, can build it.”
Guterres is accompanied by his Personal Envoy, María Ángela Holguín, who held meetings the previous day with both Christodoulides and Erhurman.
Guterres is due to meet Christodoulides on Tuesday, with his meeting with Erhurman scheduled for 11.45am. At midday he will lay a wreath at the Peacekeepers’ Monument, outside Ledra Palace. At 4pm he will visit the workshop of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus.
Further meetings are scheduled with negotiators, the heads of the Technical Committees and civil society representatives. In the evening, Guterres will attend a private dinner with the two leaders at the residence of Special Representative Hashim Dyan at Nicosia Airport.
On Wednesday morning, Guterres will hold a joint meeting with both leaders at Nicosia Airport, followed immediately by a press conference before he departs Cyprus.
(With information from Cyprus News Association)
