UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that until the last day of his term in office he will do everything he can to resolve the Cyprus problem.
In an interview with Turkish NTV, on the occasion of his visit to Ankara, the UN Secretary General noted that they are working very hard to resolve the Cyprus problem.
I would not say that we are very close, he said, adding, however, there has been a positive progress. We have restarted communications, he noted.
Guterres said that he is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but stressed that he is determined.
"Until the last day of my term, I will do everything I can to resolve the Cyprus problem", he concluded.
Upcoming meeting
President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting next week with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels, as Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis announced Thursday.
In 2025 the Secretary-General hosted two informal meetings on Cyprus, in March in Geneva and in July in New York, while a tripartite meeting with the Cyprus leaders was also held in late September, at the end of the UN General Assembly High Level Week. An informal meeting in broader format that was expected to take place before the end of 2025, is yet to be announced.
María Angela Holguín, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is tasked to engage with the parties, while former European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, designated by the Commission as Special Envoy for Cyprus, is also expected to contribute to the settlement process, in cooperation with Holguín.
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