According to a post on the Cypriot MFA’s official X account, Kombos and Lammy spoke over the phone on Monday, focusing on Cyprus-UK bilateral relations, the latest on the Cyprus issue, and the tensions in the Middle East “that require urgent de-escalation.”
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. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar of Columbia as his personal envoy for Cyprus, to assume a Good Offices role on his behalf and search for common ground on the way forward in the Cyprus issue.
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