The UN has confirmed the “resolute support” of the international community to see the Cyprus peace process move forward, its spokesman here Aleem Siddique has told CNA.
Over the past few days the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide met the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to review the support for the negotiating process, Siddique told CNA today, responding to a question about the fallout of what has happened in the past few days in relation to the Cyprus peace talks.
“We confirm the resolute support of the international community to move the process forward under the auspices of the UN SG’s Special Adviser Mr Eide,” Siddique added.
He noted that Eide did not meet with the Chinese ambassador.
Earlier this week, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades cut short his stay in Turkey, where he was to attend the World Humanitarian Summit, over “bad handling” on the part of the UN relating to an incident which led President Anastasiades not to attend the formal dinner, hosted by the Turkish President.
On Monday, during the UN World Humanitarian Summit, Tayyip Erdogan sent an invitation to the leader of the self-styled Turkish Cypriot regime Mustafa Akinci to join heads of state and government at the official dinner. Akinci was flown in from northern Turkish occupied Cyprus on a special flight to Istanbul and attended the dinner. President Anastasiades did not attend.
Neither the UN nor any other state, barring Turkey, recognise the Turkish Cypriot regime, since it declared a UDI (unilateral declaration of independence). UN Security Council resolution 550 calls on all states not to recognise it.