Cyprus President expresses readiness for a trilateral meeting in New York

Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, said on Thursday that he was ready to have a meeting with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, later this month in New York, where he will be flying to participate in the UN General Assembly.

Invited to comment on statements by Tatar that the reason that the UNSG`s Special Envoy, Jane Holl Lute, did not come to Cyprus was not the refusal of the Turkish Cypriot side to meet her, but Lute did not visit the island for her own reasons, the President said that “Lute is in contact by phone with the negotiator, conveys to him her positions and such an issue was never raised.”

Anastasiades said that “what was initially planned was for her to probably visit Cyprus with her husband for vacations, and also hold meetings during her presence here.

Source: cyprus News Agency