The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus, María Ángela Holguín, is expected to arrive in Cyprus today, Thursday, 29 October.
In a statement issued last week, the United Nations announced that Holguín is expected on the island today, adding that a tripartite meeting with the leaders of the two Cypriot communities — President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman— has been scheduled for 9 November, 2026.
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 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 to engage 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)
