{"id":13215,"date":"2026-08-02T16:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=13215"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:02:50","slug":"un-cyprus-talks-five-party-meeting-prep-already-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/un-cyprus-talks-five-party-meeting-prep-already-in-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Cyprus Talks: Five-Party Meeting Prep Already In Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to reporters, Christodoulides<\/strong> confirmed that preparatory work began Friday and will continue through August at the technocratic level with UN officials.<\/p>\n

The Cypriot president detailed his recent coordination efforts, including what he described as an excellent meeting with EU envoy for Cyprus Raffaelo Fitto<\/strong>, with whom he maintained contact into the evening. According to Christodoulides, technical-level discussions with the UN began immediately thereafter, with the international body also initiating preparatory work with all parties involved<\/em>, as reported by Katy Turner in Cyprus Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The UN has already engaged a constitutional expert with academic credentials who participated in previous negotiation rounds to assist with the process.<\/p>\n

Christodoulides emphasized the significance of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ recent reference to areas of convergence between the parties, calling it a positive development and noting it marked the first time the Secretary-General had highlighted such progress.<\/p>\n

National Council Briefing Scheduled<\/h2>\n

The president has called a meeting of the National Council for Monday to brief party leaders on developments in the peace process.<\/p>\n

Regarding Friday’s discussions with Fitto, Christodoulides clarified that the European Union’s role would not extend to the substance of any settlement but could serve as a safeguard mechanism on contentious issues. He also addressed EU-Turkey relations in specific detail, presenting concrete proposals and recommendations while expressing readiness to advance the process.<\/p>\n

The Cypriot leader stressed his government’s determination to capitalize on what he characterized as a critical juncture for the Cyprus issue.<\/p>\n

Guterres Secures Consensus for Broader Format<\/h2>\n

The preparatory work follows a visit to Cyprus this week by Antonio Guterres<\/strong>, the UN Secretary-General whose term is approaching its conclusion. During the visit, Guterres announced his intention to convene another meeting in a broader format, contingent on certain conditions being met, though he provided no specific timeline.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General secured consensus from both the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish pseudostate in northern Cyprus, as well as from the guarantor powers\u2014Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

With information from Cyprus Mail<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cyprus and the UN have begun technical preparations for an enlarged peace conference to resolve the island’s division, President Christodoulides announced Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":13214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[213,10767,10768,9167,10766,10765,204],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-13215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cyprus","tag-cyprus-division","tag-eu-envoy","tag-nikos-christodoulides","tag-peace-talks","tag-raffaelo-fitto","tag-united-nations","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13232,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions\/13232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}