President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, is to meet on Monday morning with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Khassim Diagne, ahead of the arrival on the island on 29 October of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, María Ángela Holguín.
According to the President’s official schedule, President Christodoulides will receive Diagne at the Presidential Palace at 9 am.
The meeting comes one day before President Christodoulides is due to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman anew, and shortly before Holguín arrives in Cyprus. According to a United Nations press release, Holguín is expected to arrive on the island on 29 October, while a trilateral meeting has been scheduled for 9 November.
Meanwhile, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Turkish Cypriot leader’s representative, Mehmet Dana, are due to meet on Monday afternoon ahead of the next meeting between the two leaders.
It is recalled that the two leaders met on two consecutive Tuesdays, on 13 and 20 October.
