UNSG personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is expected to arrive on the island on January 29, CNA has learnt.
According to information CNA has obtained, Cuellar is expected to arrive in Cyprus a day before her meetings with the leaders of the two communities, which are to take place on January 30.
Upon her arrival, she is to be received by special representative of the UN Secretary General, and head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart.
During her visit, Cuellar is to also hold a series of meetings, including with the negotiators of the two sides, civil society representatives, members of the diplomatic community, the UN good offices mission in Cyprus, UNFICYP peacekeepers, and the Committee on Missing Persons.
As regards her meetings with members of the diplomatic community, Cuellar is expected to meet with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Greece, and the USA, among others.
According to the same sources, she is expected to visit the buffer
zone as well as the fenced area of Varosha, in the occupied part of Famagusta.
This will be Cuellar’s first visit to Cyprus as personal envoy of the UNSG, following her appointment earlier this month.
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 personal 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