President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, will hold a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, on Tuesday, January 30, Government Spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, announced on Tuesday, during his press briefing.
He went on to say that “the appointment of a Personal Envoy by the UN Secretary-General is an important development, especially after a period of prolonged, unfortunately, stalemate to the Cyprus issue.”
The Spokesman noted that since the first day, the government has been working persistently and methodically to achieve the resumption of the negotiations from the point they were suspended.
“We enter this new period for the Cyprus issue, with the same sincere political will and constructive attitude, hoping that the other side will show the same political will with a view to reach a final solution to the Cyprus problem within the agreed framework, as defined by the relevant UNSC resolutions, for a bizonal, bicommunal federation wit
h political equality,” he said.
Letymbiotis recalled that the Personal Envoy has already held a meeting with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus in New York, during which she was informed extensively on the matter, while she also held a telephone conversation with the High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell.
During her stay in Cyprus, the Spokesman said, in addition to her meetings with the two leaders, she is planning meetings with social groups, while afterwards she will visit the guarantor states – Greece, Turkey and the UK – as well as Brussels where she will have a series of contacts.
He reiterated Nicosia’s commitment “to our highest national goal, which is none other than the achievement of a comprehensive and sustainable solution, in accordance with the Charter and the relevant UN resolutions, on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation with a single sovereignty, a single citizenship and a single international personality with political equality, as defined by the relev
ant United Nations resolutions, consistent with the European acquis and fully respecting the principles on which the European Union is founded.”
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.
Source: Cyprus News Agency