Bilateral relations between Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), developments in the Middle East and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including the aid sent via the maritime humanitarian corridor from Cyprus will be the focus of discussions which Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will have on Saturday during a working visit he is paying to the UAE.
According to a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry, Kombos will meet with the UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy.
Kombos will then depart for Kazakhstan, where he will pay a one-day official visit on Monday, at the invitation of his counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu.
According to the Foreign Ministry, during his stay in the capital Astana, Kombos will have a private meeting with Nurtleu, followed by extended talks between the delegations of the two Ministries, after which the Ministers will make
statements to the media.
It is further noted that discussions will focus on bilateral relations between Cyprus and Kazakhstan, developments in the Cyprus problem, relations between the European Union and Kazakhstan, regional developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Central Asia, as well as developments in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The Minister will also be received by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Senate Maulen Ashimbayev, and will have a meeting with the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Berik Asylov.
Kombos will also visit the Astana International Financial Centre, the press release said.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar of Columbia as his persona
l envoy for Cyprus, to assume a Good Offices role on his behalf and search for common ground on the way forward in the Cyprus issue.
Source: Cyprus News Agency
