The office of the United Nations Secretary-General, in the context of exploring the possibility of a trilateral meeting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides in the recent months, has requested and received from the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations possible dates for a meeting, with Nicosia proposing three possible dates in October, sources told CNA on Monday.
According to the same information, the first date given to the UN by the Greek Cypriot side is in mid-October and the remaining two in the last week of the same month.
Moreover, Athens is optimistic about convening a trilateral meeting at the UN headquarters, a senior Greek government source said, adding that “there is cautious optimism for the resumption of the Cyprus talks.”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to meet with Τurkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday at 18.40 (Cyprus time), where among other things the Cyprus problem will be discussed.
“The Greek side always discusses the Cyprus issue with Turkey and at this particular juncture the issue will be raised by Greece at the meeting”, a senior Greek government source added.
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.