Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis has expressed the hope that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will accept a UN proposal to hold a meeting on August 13 with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and President Nikos Christodoulides in New York.
In statements in Armou village, in Paphos district, following a memorial service, Letymbiotis referred to the announcement made on Saturday evening by President Christodoulides about the UN proposal for the meeting.
He added that the government’s reply was evidently positive, because as he said “it is precisely due the intensive efforts undertaken by our side since the assumption of this government’s duties that we see these developments in the Cyprus problem.”
“We hope that this time there will be a positive response by Mr. Tatar and that the meeting will take place on August 13, something which will allow for further progress and developments toward a resumption of negotiations always within the agreed framework,” Letymbiotis said.
Cyprus has been
divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed last January María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar of Colombia as his personal envoy for Cyprus, to assume a Good Offices role on his behalf and search for common ground on the way forward in the Cyprus issue.
Source: Cyprus News Agency