UN envoy Maria Holguin to visit UK, Cyprus

UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Holguin will be in London for March for meetings with UK officials.

The UN secretary general’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced that Holguin would be in the UK from March 7-8, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported.

According to CNA, Dujarric announced the meetings on Tuesday while speaking at the UN’s regular international media briefing.

He added that the UK meetings come as a follow-up to meetings held by Holguin in Athens and Ankara last month, thus completing her first round of visits to the island’s three guarantor powers.

Dujarric also said that after London, Holguin will travel to Cyprus, where she is expected to meet with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders Nikos Christodoulides and Ersin Tatar.

During her stay Holguin “will continue her contacts with a wide range of interlocutors, continuing to focus on listening to the concerns and expectations of local actors,” according to the UN official.