President Nikos Christodoulides will address the United Nations General Assembly at 7.30pm Cyprus time today Wednesday, 23 September.
In his address, the President is expected to focus mainly on the ongoing efforts to resume negotiations for a reunited Cyprus and the political will shown by the Greek Cypriot side to this end, as has been expressed many times publicly.
Today, the President will participate and make an intervention in the proceedings of the High-Level Meeting on Climate Change.
The meeting with the UN Secretary-General is scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, 24 September.
On Thursday morning, Cyprus time, he will also have a meeting with the Vice President of ExxonMobil, John Ardill.
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.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whose term nears its end, announced he would convene another meeting in a broader format, after adequate preparation, but gave no timeline. He secured to that end the consensus of both sides and of the guarantor powers. María Angela Holguín, Guterres’ Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is tasked with engaging with the parties. Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto acts as the European Commission’s Special Representative for Cyprus, succeeding EU special envoy Johannes Hahn.
(Source: CNA)
