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Guterres plans Cyprus meeting to define way forward

Guterres plans an enlarged meeting after leaders discussed the substance of the Cyprus dispute for the first time since 2017, Christodoulides said.

  • On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman to discuss the substance of the Cyprus problem for the first time since 2017.
  • Unlike Turkey's past two-state advocacy, negotiators are now utilizing prior convergences to pursue a federal solution, aligning with UN Security Council resolutions that allow building on previous progress rather than starting from scratch.
  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formed a legal group to support envoy Raffaele Fitto, addressing issues lacking convergence; Christodoulides said this clarification of the European Union's role "gives us optimism" for resumed talks.
  • Envoy Raffaele Fitto arrives Thursday night for meetings with Erhurman and Christodoulides on Friday to establish conditions for an enlarged meeting that will announce the resumption of negotiations.
  • Christodoulides stressed that consensus on the enlarged meeting "was not a given before the secretary-general arrived," underscoring fragility as the path forward depends on Turkey's commitment, which Greek Cypriot officials cannot independently verify.
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The UN Secretary-General traveled to Nicosia this week to meet with Cypriot leaders and try to revive negotiations on the reunification of the island, which has been divided since 1974. The Greek Cypriot press is finding it hard to believe. Source link: https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/geolitique-a-chypre-guterres-veut-entretenir-l-espoir-de-negociations-pour-une-reunification_255258 Author: Publish date: 2026-07-31 14:32:00 Copyrig…

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The KKE declares that it is opposed to any two-state logic, overt or covert. The post KKE: Guterres' statements are blackmail and a message for Cyprus' involvement in Euro-Atlantic plans appeared first on in.gr.

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"Turkey will not "abandon" the Turkish Cypriots and will continue to "defend" what it considers to be their rights in the Eastern Mediterranean," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He was reacting to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ending talks in Cyprus with the aim of giving a new boost to the peace process, reports cyprus-mail.com.

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(Rome=Yonhap News) Correspondent Min Kyung-rak = A new negotiation table involving Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom is expected to open to end the conflict in Cyprus, which is divided into North and South...

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