Shortly after midnight, the informal five -member meeting on the Cyprus issue, cited by UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres in New York, with the participation of the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot leader and officials and officials.
The heads of each side participated in the meeting. In addition to UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterresthe President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidesand the leader of the Turkish Cypriots, Ersin Tatarparticipated: the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece and Turkey, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidanthe Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for European issues of the United Kingdom, Steven Dawitas well as five members of each delegation.
Progress in MOE – Moadum preservation
According to diplomatic sources, at the heart of the meeting, confidence -building measures (MOE) were found, and in particular, whether they have advanced what was agreed in Geneva in March and whether there will be news. Of the six agents agreed in Geneva, four have been implemented, while the other two (photovoltaic park and new diodes) are under processing. The list added four more new measures proposed by both sides and constituting a common list.
Although there was no significant jump, steady confidence building movements have occurred, while the momentum is maintained and there is restrained optimism for bigger steps in the future.
Realism, because of “elections” in the occupied territories:
The commitments to more substantial issues are not possible until the elections are completed in the occupied territories, diplomatic sources of the Greek Foreign Minister report. That is why this phase is limited to maintaining the process and strengthening the positive agenda.
The Cyprus high on the UN agenda
The involvement of the UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres, in order to promote a negotiated solution, is of particular importance and the role of the UN remains decisive. The responsibility for the process is exclusively owned by the UN Secretary -General, in the context of its order.
The Cyprus issue is now high on the UN agenda, which has been attributed to the coordinated actions of Greece and Cyprus over the last two years. The appointment of a special envoy and the connection of the Cyprus problem to the Greek -Turkish, as well as the role of the EU, are also considered important steps.
In addition, the heads of the European Union’s institutions, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Laen, expressed earlier supporting their support for international efforts to restart their re -launching talks and talks in UN and the EU principles.
Turkey – EU relations
Although Ankara is seeking progress in customs union and visas, it has not so far demonstrated clear moves of goodwill to meet European expectations. It is clarified that the equipment is not related to Cyprus but to the European agenda.
However, Nicosia -Ankara communication has been reinforced over the last two years as a result of the improvement of Greek -Turkish relations.
New meetings in September and at the end of 2025
A new meeting of the UN Secretary -General, Antonio Guterreswith the two leaders, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, it is scheduled for September. Evaluation will be evaluated by confidence building measures and designing the next steps. In addition, a new meeting with a broader composition is scheduled for by the end of 2025, based on the evaluation of progress in the MOE.
Gerapetritis: “The Cyprus issue is important to the top of the international agenda”
The Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis described as a statement to ERT to restart the process of the Cyprus process under the auspices of the UN Secretary -General after completing the meeting of the informal meeting in the United Nations.
“Eight years after Kran Montana and the inaction that happened, it is extremely important that the Cyprus issue is now at the top of the Secretary -General’s agenda,” Mr. Gerapetritis stressed, noting that the Secretary General appointed a personal envoy to closely monitor developments.
As he stated, the meeting assessed the implementation of the six meters of confidence construction agreed in Geneva, four of which were already implemented, and four were agreed. This progress, as he said, creates a ‘Convenient terrain’ To launch a more substantial debate to achieve a solution in the context of UN Security Council resolutions.
“The message of a single Cyprus is now necessary in a world that is experiencing civil strife, wars and intolerance,” he said, stressing the need to continue the effort to reunite Cyprus, “the national goal”, in complete sympathy with the Republic of Cyprus.
Read the full statement of Foreign Minister G. Gerapetritis HERE.
Guterres: “Progress in four of the six MOEs”
After the end of the plenary session of the informal enlarged meeting for the Cyprus issue, the UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres He described the conversations constructive and welcomed the progress recorded in the six meters of confidence building (MOE) agreed in March.
As he said, four of them have already been implemented:
- the creation of a technical committee for youth,
- Environmental initiatives for climate change and mining areas,
- Cemetery restoration,
- The almost comprehensive agreement on derailment, pending technical details.
Discussions on the opening of four new crossing points and the introduction of solar energy into the neutral zone continues. Despite progress, the Secretary -General pointed out that there were technical pending technical in one of the transit points related to the drawing of the route.
In addition, new initiatives, such as the establishment of a civil society, the exchange of cultural objects, the monitoring of air quality and the treatment of pollution from microplastics, were agreed.
Read the full statement of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres HERE.
Christodoulides: “Step by step, in the direction of the big goal”
O President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said, among other things, that “The results of the second informal expanded conference on the Cyprus issue are ‘in the right direction’. He also said that there could be even better results ‘If there was the necessary political will’.
“We are seeing a small but significant progress, step by step, in the direction of the big goal that, as well as the secretary general, said is the resumption of talks and the resolution of the Cyprus problem,” Mr Christodoulides said.
He also said that the next meeting of the two leaders with the UN Secretary -General has already been set on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September, as well as the next expanded meeting shortly afterwards ‘The elections’ in the occupied.
The debate continued, and noted that the goal was made to make progress in the measures decided at the previous informal expanded meeting in Geneva.
Read the full statement by the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides HERE.
Source: Skai
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