Virtual meetings between the negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side, Menelaos Menelaou, and the special representative of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, Ergun Olgun, are expected to resume next week, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) has learned.
The meetings are taking place under the UN auspices, with the participation of the UNSG’s Special Representative to Cyprus, Colin Stewart, and the last one had taken place during the penultimate week of July.
A well-informed source told CNA that the discussion is expected to focus on issues with which the bicommunal Technical Committees are dealing with, noting that the Committees are active to the extent that each one has opportunities to work on projects.
The same source noted that a couple of such virtual meetings or even more may take place before the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and his entourage depart for New York, during the second half of September, for the UN General Assembly and the other meetings which the President will have there, including the one with the UN Secretary – General, Antonio Guterres.
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. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
Source: Cyprus News Agency