Posts tagged with "Cyprus talks"

Nicosia open to meeting with UN chief and Akinci in New York next month Cyprus Talks

Nicosia open to meeting with UN chief and Akinci in New York next month

August 5th, 2018 Nicosia appears open to the possibility of a joint meeting between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinji after the UN General Assembly, if requested by the UN chief, CNA reported on Sunday. The UN General Assembly is held in New York each September. CNA cited a...
Guterres will decide on next Cyprus steps after seeing Lute (Updated) Cyprus Talks

Guterres will decide on next Cyprus steps after seeing Lute (Updated)

July 27th, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will decide on his next steps on the Cyprus issue after he speaks to his special envoy Jane Holl Lute in New York, UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said. Referring to the renewal on Thursday of Unficyp's mandate until January 31, 2019, Dujarric added: “We obviously welcome...
Unficyp to stay another six months but it could be the last chance Cyprus Talks

Unficyp to stay another six months but it could be the last chance

July 26th, 2018 By Elias Hazou As the UN Security Council on Thursday renewed Unficyp’s mandate on Cyprus, the chief Greek Cypriot negotiator was cautioning that the current track to kickstart new peace talks may well be the last-chance saloon to solve the Cyprus problem as we know it. The six-month renewal of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus,...
Talks must restart immediately say Kyprianou and Tsipras Cyprus Talks

Talks must restart immediately say Kyprianou and Tsipras

July 25th, 2018 Negotiations on the Cyprus problem need to start immediately and they need to end positively, Akel general-secretary Andros Kyprianou and Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting at Tsipras’ office, Kyprianou said “negotiations have to restart and this time go to the end, not just based...
Lute leaves the island after completing contacts (Updated) Cyprus Talks

Lute leaves the island after completing contacts (Updated)

July 24th, 2018 UN envoy Jane Holl Lute left Cyprus early on Tuesday for New York having completed her contacts on the island. In addition to President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci Lute did not have any other meetings, according to CNA sources. However, as expected, she did meet with the Special Representative of the...
New UN envoy begins contacts with leaders (Update 5) Divided Island

New UN envoy begins contacts with leaders (Update 5)

July 23rd, 2018 Whether or not Cyprus talks resume is now down to what UN envoy Jane Holl Lute will tell UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after her one-day visit to the island on Monday where she heard the views and position of the two leaders. Lute’s full report is not expected to be submitted to Guterres before the start of September and in...
News podcast: 150 forest fires per year in Cyprus Cyprus

News podcast: 150 forest fires per year in Cyprus

July 20th, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Women's groups are demanding that they be included in the Cyprus peace process; There are more than 150...
Consultations between Britain and US on draft Unficyp resolution Cyprus Talks

Consultations between Britain and US on draft Unficyp resolution

July 18th, 2018 Britain and the US appear to be consulting over the content of a draft resolution for the renewal of Unficyp’s, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, mandate, since it has not yet been submitted to the other Security Council permanent members, according to a diplomatic source. The US has put forward a series of criteria concerning...
Christodoulides and Mogherini discuss EU role in efforts to resume Cyprus talks Cyprus

Christodoulides and Mogherini discuss EU role in efforts to resume Cyprus talks

July 17th, 2018 Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides met on Tuesday in Brussels with High Representative Federica Mogherini, with whom he exchanged views on current developments in the Cyprus problem, in the light of contacts the UN Secretary-General`s special envoy will carry out with all parties concerned in the coming days. They also talked...
UN envoy will only meet the two leaders and report directly to Guterres Cyprus Talks

UN envoy will only meet the two leaders and report directly to Guterres

July 17th, 2018 UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Jane Holl Lute will only have meetings with the two leaders, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, during her forthcoming visit to the island, UN spokesman Aleem Siddique told CNA on Tuesday. The UN official is set to have separate meetings with Anastasiades and...
Spehar to brief UN Security Council on Cyprus Cyprus Talks

Spehar to brief UN Security Council on Cyprus

July 17th, 2018 UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar is on Tuesday set to brief, during unofficial consultations, Security Council members on recent developments in the Cyprus problem, in the light of two recent reports by Antonio Guterres on his good offices mission and Unficyp. Spehar is also expected to refer to...
Anastasiades calls on Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to change their mentality Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades calls on Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to change their mentality

July 15th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday the reason for the continuation of the "unacceptable status quo" was not due only to the lack of political will from Turkey but also the Turkish Cypriot side. He called on both to change their mindset. Speaking to reporters after a church service in Nicosia to mark 44 years since the coup...
Akinci calls for a reassessment of Unficyp’s mandate (Update) Cyprus Talks

Akinci calls for a reassessment of Unficyp’s mandate (Update)

July 14th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has sent a letter to the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for the reassessment of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus’ (Unficyp). The letter, dated July 2, is a response to the letter sent by President Nicos Anastasiades to the...
Spehar holds separate meetings with leaders Cyprus

Spehar holds separate meetings with leaders

July 6th, 2018 UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar will hold today Friday separate meetings with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. The renewal of UNFICYP’s mandate and Jane Hall Lute’s forthcoming visit after the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asked her...
UN assigns Lute to conduct consultations on Cyprus Cyprus

UN assigns Lute to conduct consultations on Cyprus

July 3rd, 2018 UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres assigned Jane Holl Lute to conduct consultations with all the members of the Conference on Cyprus, his deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday. Lute was not officially named the Secretary General’s envoy, at the press briefing, but will be acting as an employee of the UN. All the...
‘Turkey must decide if it wants a normal, modern state’ Cyprus

‘Turkey must decide if it wants a normal, modern state’

July 1st, 2018 Turkey must decide if it wants a normal, modern state in Cyprus or the north to be a satellite state, presidential commissioner Fotis Fotiou said on Sunday repeating the Greek Cypriot side’s willingness to return to negotiations at the point they broke up in Crans-Montana. Speaking at a memorial for the heroes of Avgorou, Fotiou...
Austria offers to host reunification talks Cyprus Talks

Austria offers to host reunification talks

June 29th, 2018 Austria has extended an invitation to host Cyprus reunification talks, its ambassador told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview as the country takes over the EU presidency. “The EU has always supported and accompanied the UN-facilitated negotiations on a settlement for Cyprus. Initiatives would only be taken if so wished by all...
Cavusoglu to visit the north Cyprus Talks

Cavusoglu to visit the north

June 26th, 2018 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is due to visit the north in the coming days. Turkish Cypriot press reported on Tuesday. Daily Yeni Bakis newspaper reported that ‘foreign affairs and deputy prime minister’ Kudret Ozersay called Cavusoglu to congratulate his government on Turkey’s elections. According to an...
President says Ankara's stance led to deadlock in Crans-Montana Cyprus Talks

President says Ankara's stance led to deadlock in Crans-Montana

June 24th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that Turkey`s stance led to the deadlock at the Crans-Montana talks last July, and questioned whether any other country would accept the continuation of the anachronistic system of guarantees, or the presence of a foreign country`s army on its territory. Addressing the Fighters Association...
‘President has not changed position on settlement’ Cyprus

‘President has not changed position on settlement’

June 23rd, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades has not changed his position as to what type of settlement solution the Greek Cypriot side is seeking, Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday. In a written statement, Prodromou said that “the position of the Greek Cypriot side and of President Anastasiades as regards the form of the...
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