Nicosia: We are currently focusing on achieving positive results for an expanded meeting on the Cyprus issue, said the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, noting that any positive outcomes from the meetings held in Ankara, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, regarding the Cyprus issue will be reflected in concrete actions. According to Cyprus News Agency, during statements he made to journalists upon his arrival at the Invest Cyprus event in Nicosia on Thursday, and when asked to comment on his communication with the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council regarding their dinner on Wednesday with the Turkish President, and whether the messages were positive, President Christodoulides said that "we will see in practice very soon whether the results of the meetings are positive. And I want to thank them publicly, because both of them, on their own initiative, contacted me first thing in the morning to brief me on what was discussed during the dinner." He e mphasized that it is important that "exactly what we had agreed upon" was conveyed-namely, the European Union's common positions, the positions of the Republic of Cyprus regarding how positive developments in EU-Turkey relations can be achieved. As he noted, "for us in order to see positive developments in EU-Turkey relations, Turkey must fulfill its obligations, and one of these-a key prerequisite-is to see substantive progress on the Cyprus issue." President Christodoulides noted that the President of the European Council, António Costa, also briefed him on the telephone conversations they had with the Secretary-General of the United Nations regarding the state of affairs concerning EU-Turkey relations, noting that "we will see how things develop in the immediate future." "I have also received some messages from the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus regarding the timeline for her visit to Cyprus and some other European capitals, and we are working to have positive announcements soon," he sai d. Asked to comment on reports citing diplomatic sources in Greece about the expanded conference on the Cyprus issue, the President of the Republic said that "it is too early to say, and when it will take place depends on the results, because an expanded conference should be held in order to achieve positive results. We are currently focusing on achieving those positive results, and the date will be determined depending on how things develop." 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. María Angela Holguín, Guterres' Personal Envoy on Cyp rus, is tasked to engage with the parties.