Nicosia: UNSG's Personal Envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, expressed hope that there will be progress on the Confidence Building Measures during the trilateral meeting she convened for tomorrow with the leaders of the two communities. In statements after a meeting she held with T/c leader Tufan Erhurman in occupied Nicosia, she said that the meeting was good and that they prepared for the trilateral meeting tomorrow.
According to Cyprus News Agency, the trilateral meeting is going to be in substance and they will take a look at both sides' concerns about the way to resume talks. Holguin stated, "I hope that the leaders just deliver something for the CBMs."
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results due to Turkish intransigence. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
In 2025, the Secretary-General hosted two informal meetings on Cyprus, in March in Geneva and in July in New York, while a tripartite meeting with the Cyprus leaders was also held in late September, at the end of the UN General Assembly High Level Week. An informal meeting in broader format that was expected to take place before the end of 2025 is yet to be announced.
Mara Angela Holgun, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is tasked to engage with the parties, while former European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, designated by the Commission as Special Envoy for Cyprus, is also expected to contribute to the settlement process, in cooperation with Holgun.