Posts tagged with "Jane Holl Lute"

‘New failure in Cyprus talks would change basis of dialogue’ Cyprus Talks

‘New failure in Cyprus talks would change basis of dialogue’

September 18th, 2018 A failure in a new round of Cyprus negotiations would completely change the basis of a dialogue, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday during an interview with the Cyprus News Agency. He added that the change would not be because of the Greek Cypriot side’s wish for that to happen, but because the parties involved in the...
The time has come for the last shot Opinion

The time has come for the last shot

September 16th, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides THE UN envoy, Jane Holl Lute, was very straightforward when she recently posed the following question to Messrs Anastasiades and Akinci: “The negotiations at Crans Montana collapsed. What has changed since then, which would support the contention that a new attempt would have a reasonable chance of...
Nicosia and Athens coordinate ahead of deliberations on Cyprus problem Cyprus Talks

Nicosia and Athens coordinate ahead of deliberations on Cyprus problem

September 12th, 2018 Developments on the Cyprus problem, in the light of the contacts held by the UN Secretary-General’s envoy, Jane Holl Lute, and the forthcoming meetings in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly will be discussed during a meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday in...
‘Substantial and effective work needed before new Cyprus talks’ Cyprus

‘Substantial and effective work needed before new Cyprus talks’

September 11th, 2018 Substantial and effective work should be done prior to heading to a new round of Cyprus talks, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday after meeting the UN Secretary General’s representative Jane Holl Lute. “We need to see if there is a real will, a capacity and capability for substantive and productive solutions to...
Lute’s consultations will judge whether settlement is desired, FM says Cyprus Talks

Lute’s consultations will judge whether settlement is desired, FM says

September 2nd, 2018 The consultations carried out by Jane Holl Lute, the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on Cyprus, will determine whether all interested parties desire a settlement to the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides has said. Speaking to reporters after attending a commemoration ceremony in Paphos, Christodoulides said the...
Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September Cyprus Talks

Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September

August 26th, 2018 Cyprus hopes that developments expected in the Autumn will pave the way for a resumption of talks from where they left off at Crans-Montana last year. Deputy Government Spokesperson Klelia Vassiliou said on Sunday the Greek Cypriot side hoped that the developments would shift Ankara`s stance especially as regards the security aspect...
Lute expected to submit her report to UNSG around September 17 Cyprus

Lute expected to submit her report to UNSG around September 17

August 25th, 2018 UN Secretary General’s special envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute is expected to submit to Antonio Guterres her report on the outcome of her consultations with all parties interested in the Cyprus problem around September 17, a reliable source has told CNA. CNA has learned that Lute is expected to meet with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos...
Mavroyiannis issues sobering message over Cyprus settlement Cyprus Talks

Mavroyiannis issues sobering message over Cyprus settlement

August 13th, 2018   Greek Cypriots “cannot live in the illusion” that the status quo will bring peace and stability, chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis has said, warning that if the current talks’ effort fails, “we will find ourselves empty-handed in front of a steamroller”. “That is why we need to manage the signs of an...
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...
President briefs leaders on talks with UN envoy Cyprus Talks

President briefs leaders on talks with UN envoy

July 30th, 2018 The Greek Cypriot side is waiting for the UN secretary-general to take the initiative to restart settlement talks where they left off, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. He was speaking after President Nicos Anastasiades met with party leaders and former presidents to brief them about his meeting last week with...
President briefs party leaders on Lute visit (Updated) Cyprus

President briefs party leaders on Lute visit (Updated)

July 30th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday briefed party leaders and former presidents about his recent meeting with the UN secretary-general’s representative Jane Holl Lute. During the four-hour meeting Anastasiades also informed them on the latest developments on energy issues. The aim was also for Anastasiades to consult with them...
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,...
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...
Our View: ‘Reflection time’ over as UN comes to visit Our View

Our View: ‘Reflection time’ over as UN comes to visit

July 22nd, 2018 HAVING given the two leaders a whole year to reflect on whether they wanted the UN to facilitate a Cyprus settlement, UN Secretary-General Antiono Guterres will now seek to find out the outcome of this reflection. His representative Jane Holl Lute on Monday will have one-to-one meetings with President Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot...
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...
Security Council expresses support for Unficyp’s role Cyprus

Security Council expresses support for Unficyp’s role

July 18th, 2018 Members of the UN Security Council have expressed support for the role of Unficyp and the renewal of its mandate for a further six months during Tuesday’s deliberations at the Security Council, which was briefed by the SG’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar. Diplomatic sources told CNA that the members expressed...
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...
FM hopes Lute visit will kick off resumed talks Cyprus Talks

FM hopes Lute visit will kick off resumed talks

July 12th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides expressed hope on Thursday that the visit later this month by UN envoy Jane Holl Lute would yield such results so as to allow the continuation of the settlement talks from where they left off last summer. In his statements to journalists at the presidential palace after the...
Anastasiades says UN did not put out feelers about envoy Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades says UN did not put out feelers about envoy

June 7th, 2018 PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday that the United Nations Secretariat did not put out feelers for sending an emissary to Nicosia specifically from June 9 to 12. He was responding to earlier reports, which citing a UN source said that the international organization had sounded out the two sides in Cyprus for sending Jane...
Lute’s visit still in limbo Cyprus Talks

Lute’s visit still in limbo

June 7th, 2018 There is nothing to report on the arrival of a UN envoy to probe the possibility of the recommencement of the talks, a government source said on Thursday. The statement followed reports that the United Nations Secretariat has approached both sides in Cyprus regarding Jane Holl Lute’s visit to Nicosia between July 9 and 12, as the...
UN 'frustrated' over Turkey’s reluctance to confirm Lute envoy to Cyprus Cyprus Talks

UN 'frustrated' over Turkey’s reluctance to confirm Lute envoy to Cyprus

May 13th, 2018 Ankara’s reluctance to give the green light for the arrival of Jane Holl Lute in Cyprus, as the Secretary-General’s personal envoy to probe the potential resumption of settlement talks, is causing frustration at the United Nations, CNA has learnt. According to a well-informed source, Greece and Great Britain already gave their...
Ankara seen blocking Lute’s arrival in Cyprus Cyprus Talks

Ankara seen blocking Lute’s arrival in Cyprus

May 12th, 2018 Ankara is blocking Jane Holl Lute’s arrival in Cyprus as the UN secretary general’s special envoy, it was reported on Saturday. According to information quoted by the Cyprus News Agency the UN is annoyed with this development. Greece and the UK have already given their confirmation of Lute who is meant to determine the prospects...
UN peacekeeping official to visit Cyprus Cyprus

UN peacekeeping official to visit Cyprus

May 5th, 2018 The UN Secretary General’s spokesman has stressed the need for the parties in Cyprus to come back to the negotiating table. During a regular media briefing at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq, invited to comment on statements of a spokesperson of the Turkish foreign ministry that is not possible...
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