The President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA) for the 78th Session, Mr. Dennis Francis, stated his support for the efforts of the UN Secretary General to find a field of understanding between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides that would lead to the resumption of negotiations to a question of the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, during the Press Conference he granted to the correspondents.

“I certainly hope for a positive result. This situation has continued as you know, for a very long time since 1974. I fully support the Secretary-General in his efforts, and the Good Services, to put an end to this situation. The General Assembly has taken previous decisions, as you know. So maybe this time we will make substantial progress,” he said.

According to information from diplomatic sources, a tripartite meeting is not expected to take place before October in New York. The same sources say that the possible final date for the tripartite will be decided after the meetings that Antonio Guterres will have with the two leaders separately on the sidelines of the UN Summit.