UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Personal Envoy on Cyprus, María Ángela Holguín, will meet with European Commission Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms Raffaele Fitto in Brussels on Wednesday, 22 July at 2pm local time.
Fitto recently assumed the additional role of the European Union’s Special Representative for the Cyprus issue.
The meeting was confirmed on Monday morning by the European Commission to CNA. However, the agenda of Holguín’s visit and any other meetings she may hold in the Belgian capital have not yet been made public.
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 due to Turkish intransigence. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
After informal meetings in 2025, followed by a hiatus of several months, deliberations are underway for a new meeting in broader format to be held, as the term of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nears its end. María Angela Holguín, Guterres’ Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is tasked with engaging with the parties.
(Source: CNA)
