Athens: There is no timetable for convening a five-party conference on the Cyprus issue, and such a meeting is not expected to take place during the summer, according to Greek diplomatic sources.
According to Cyprus News Agency, the same sources stress that Ankara appears to be maintaining its current positions and that there are no indications of a change in its stance. In any case, they stress that Athens is closely following the UN's efforts to restart the negotiation process and reiterates, at every opportunity, that a solution can only be achieved within the framework of UN resolutions and the agreed basis for negotiations.
Regarding developments at the NATO Summit, the same sources note that Turkey's casus belli constitutes a formal threat of war and that its significance is neither diminished by the passage of time nor by the public becoming accustomed to it. "It can only be diminished by its definitive withdrawal," the sources said.
Finally, the sources point out that as long as the threat of war remains in place, Ankara cannot participate in any European defence framework, such as SAFE.
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.
After informal meetings in 2025, followed by a hiatus of several months, deliberations are underway for a new meeting in broader format to be held, as the term of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nears its end. Mara Angela Holgun, Guterres' Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is tasked to engage with the parties.