President Anastasiades criticizes Turkish side for toppling appointment of UN Envoy on Cyprus

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades criticised on Sunday the Turkish side for toppling the appointment by the UN Secretary General of a special envoy on Cyprus, as a successor of Jane Hall Lute. Antonio Guterres met with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in NYC on September 27 to decide the new steps forward in the Cyprus peace process and although the announcement of an envoy was expected, the UN since then have not issued any statement on the matter.

Anastasiades, who was speaking on Sunday in Astromeritis village, during an event organised by the occupied municipality of Morphou, in the presence of the political and religious leadership and officials from abroad, said that since the Crans – Montana conference in 2017, our side has taken initiatives for the resumption of the talks but Turkey’s stance has not allowed the dialogue to re

Source: Cyprus News Agency