Nikos Christodoulidis noticed Antonio Guterres – Eyes on New York – “EI’m on the disposal of the Secretary Normal at any time, anyplace, to fulfill with each the Turkish Cypriot chief and the Turkish delegation” – What the President stated to the UN Secretary Normal
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In New York, eyes are additionally on the Cyprus challenge within the hope that optimistic developments will happen.
The President of the Republic had a gathering with the Secretary Normal of the UN on the twenty seventh flooring of the Secretariat of the worldwide group in New York tonight (22:40 Cyprus time).
Instantly after the 10-minute assembly with Antonio Guterres, Nikos Christodoulidis
After the assembly, the President of the Republic stated that “we had a really constructive dialogue, a dialogue that began with the thanks of the Secretary Normal for the function of the Republic of Cyprus in offering humanitarian support to Gaza. An initiative which helped to a major extent to handle the challenges within the area, an initiative which is in power”.
As indicated by President Christodoulidis, the Secretary Normal is politically dedicated to the resumption of talks to resolve the Cyprus challenge, primarily based on the agreed framework.
“We mentioned the prospects for the resumption of talks, I thanked the Secretary Normal, who’s politically dedicated, not solely to the resumption of talks, but in addition to the decision of the Cyprus challenge, primarily based on the agreed framework.
We’ve got referred to all that our aspect has carried out in the course of the 18 months that now we have been within the authorities of the nation, by particular actions and never wishful pondering, with which now we have demonstrated our political will, our readiness to restart the talks, making use of the negotiation acquired and I’m on the disposal of the Secretary Normal at any time, anyplace, to fulfill with each the Turkish Cypriot chief and the Turkish delegation.
The Normal Secretary has undertaken an effort on this course for a while which I hope will bear fruit. I repeat, from our aspect we’re prepared at any time.”
Requested if there may be any risk of one thing occurring in October, the President of the Republic stated “at any time and anyplace, that was the message to the Secretary-Normal. Let the Secretary Normal do his job, I perceive, as he knowledgeable us, that there might be a gathering with Mr. Erdogan tomorrow as a part of the conferences that he has and let's hope that there might be some optimistic leads to relation to the conclusion of this assembly, a gathering that he may have, a gathering that may proceed naturally, and he’ll make bulletins himself”.
Requested in regards to the different contacts he may have in New York, corresponding to with the Deputy Nationwide Safety Advisor of the USA, the President of the Republic stated that “actually this assembly additionally issues the Cyprus challenge, however the emphasis is extra on our bilateral relations with the USA , in addition to the curiosity proven by the USA to take part extra successfully within the electrical interconnection between Cyprus and Greece. So, tomorrow's assembly is extra about our bilateral points. We anticipate originally of 2025 that there might be some optimistic bulletins in relation to our bilateral relations that may display the strategic selection of strengthening our relationships, however on the similar time on the difficulty {of electrical} interconnection. A subject which, as you already know, may even concern tomorrow's tripartite assembly that we’ll have with the Greek Prime Minister and the President of France”.
The assembly with the UN Secretary-Normal was additionally attended, from the Cypriot aspect, by the Minister of Overseas Affairs Mr. Konstantinos Kombos, Authorities Consultant Mr. Konstantinos Letympiotis, the Deputy Minister of European Affairs Ms. Marilena Rauna, the Everlasting Consultant of the Republic to the UN Ms. Maria Michael, the Negotiator of the Greek Cypriot aspect Mr. Menelaos Menelaou, the Director of the Diplomatic Workplace of the President Mr. Doros Venezis and officers.
