Posts tagged with "Conference on Cyprus"

British envoy urges peace process to start quickly Cyprus Talks

British envoy urges peace process to start quickly

April 18th, 2018 Whatever is going to happen with the resumption of Cyprus talks, should happen quickly, outgoing British High Commissioner in Nicosia, Mathew Kidd, said on Wednesday. The challenge of making progress only gets harder, not easier, Kidd said in an interview with the Cyprus News Agency that also covered Brexit, hydrocarbons, and the...
Vassiliou: there is no new strategy for talks Cyprus

Vassiliou: there is no new strategy for talks

August 13th, 2017 By Elias Hazou The longer the current deadlock in the Cyprus peace process drags on, and absent any negotiations, the more detrimental it is to the Greek Cypriot side, former president George Vassiliou has warned. In an interview originally published in Alithia, Vassiliou – president from 1988 to 1993 – stressed that a way...
Spokesman satisfied with UNSC commitment to talks Cyprus Talks

Spokesman satisfied with UNSC commitment to talks

July 19th, 2017 DEPUTY government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos expressed his satisfaction on Wednesday for the statement of the UN Security Council that it remains committed to support the two sides in their effort to reach a settlement of the Cyprus problem based on UN resolutions. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC TV, Papadopoulos said that a...
Anastasiades blew 'such a good deal’ Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades blew 'such a good deal’

July 8th, 2017   Despite the government’s insistence that responsibility for the dramatic collapse of the Crans-Montana talks lies squarely with the Turkish side for refusing to budge on security and guarantees, independent observers have told the Sunday Mail that this claim is far from accurate. They insist President Nicos Anastasiades...
Anastasiades dissatisfied with Turkish proposal (Update 3) Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades dissatisfied with Turkish proposal (Update 3)

June 29th, 2017 President Nicos Anastasideas said on Wednesday night that a Turkish proposal on security and guarantees did not satisfy the Greek Cypriot side. Speaking during his departure from the conference at the end of day one, the president said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey David Feltman had tabled three...
UK repeats offer to cede bases’ territory to help solution Cyprus Talks

UK repeats offer to cede bases’ territory to help solution

June 17th, 2017 The United Kingdom is prepared to cede part of the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, in order to contribute to a positive outcome of talks to reunify the island, British ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore told Turkish daily Hurriyet on Saturday. Formally and legally, Moore said, the bases are not part of the Cyprus settlement process...
Eide: Geneva conference could last weeks (updated) Cyprus Talks

Eide: Geneva conference could last weeks (updated)

June 15th, 2017 The UN is readying for the long haul once the new Conference on Cyprus gets underway, the Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on Thursday.     The UN is readying for the long haul once the new Conference on Cyprus gets underway, the Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on...
Akinci aiming for settlement by April (updated) Cyprus

Akinci aiming for settlement by April (updated)

February 7th, 2017 Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is putting all his hopes into reaching a settlement by the end of April at the latest because after that campaigning would kick off for the 2018 presidential elections, he said. In an interview with Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, Akinci said the UN Secretary-General’s special adviser Espen Barth Eide...
Negotiators meet Tuesday ahead of leader’s meeting Cyprus

Negotiators meet Tuesday ahead of leader’s meeting

February 6th, 2017 The negotiators of the two sides are meeting on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s meeting between the leaders of the island’s two communities. Tuesday’s meeting is taking place following a decision by President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to ask the United Nations to prepare, in consultation with the...
Eide and Kotzias get ready for March Cyprus Talks

Eide and Kotzias get ready for March

February 4th, 2017 UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on Friday that he had ‘a very constructive meeting’ with the Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias in Athens, in preparation of the Conference on Cyprus. The two men discussed procedural matters, ahead of the conference that is to take place in March. Following the meeting, that lasted...
Leaders briefed on results of working group on security Cyprus Talks

Leaders briefed on results of working group on security

January 21st, 2017   President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci were briefed separately on Saturday by their chief negotiators on the results of the working group of technocrats on security and guarantees held earlier in the week in Switzerland. Chief negotiator for the Greek Cypriot side, Andreas Mavroyiannis,...
Talks halted by Greek minister’s attitude Cyprus

Talks halted by Greek minister’s attitude

January 15th, 2017 The Conference on Cyprus ended the day it started – at least in terms of level of representation – due to the actions and words of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the Cyprus Mail has learned. According to information corroborated by various sources, Kotzias “insulted”, “lectured” and “annoyed” a number of...
UNSG to open conference on Thursday morning Cyprus Talks

UNSG to open conference on Thursday morning

January 11th, 2017 The Conference on Cyprus, which will address the issue of security and guarantees will start in Geneva on Thursday at 1115 local time. It will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who arrives in Geneva on Thursday morning. The conference will take place in the council chamber at the UN Palais des...
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