22/03/2017 09:26
President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades will meet Wednesday with UNSG Antonio Guterres, at the UN headquarters.
Speaking on arrival in New York this week, the Cypriot President said that he will highlight to the UN Secretary General, in an impartial manner and without entering a blame game, the need to have a substantive dialogue, in the context of the UN-led peace effort to reunite Cyprus, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
He added that he will seek to explain the problems the peace process is facing to Antonio Guterres and to British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, when they meet in New York on Thursday.
“We did not leave the negotiating table,” he said, adding that his goal is to continue the negotiations with a view to finding a functional and viable solution which will respect EU principles and values to the benefit of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
According to his programe, the Cypriot President will be meeting today with Archbishop of America, Demetrios.
He will also address the luncheon organized by the International Forum "Invest in Cyprus", which will take place at the Metropolitan Club.
The Forum is organized by Capital Link in cooperation with the Cyprus Shipowners` Association, the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency and the Chambers of Commerce of Cyprus and the USA. The conference aims to inform major US companies and investors about the investment opportunities in Cyprus as well as the development of business and trade partnerships.
On the evening of the 22 of March the President will attend a working dinner with officials from ExxonMobil.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. UN led talks between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities resumed in May 2015 with a view to reunite the island under a federal roof.
The talks were interrupted in mid February by the Turkish Cypriot side, which demands that a decision passed by the Cypriot Parliament relating to a 1950 referendum on union with Greece is revoked, claiming this indicates a shift in the Greek Cypriot side`s goal for a federal solution. The amendment provides that there will be a very brief reference one a year to the referendum at schools.
President Anastasiades has described the House decision as wrong and called on the leader of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, who walked out of the talks, to return to the negotiating table to discuss pending issues with a view to reach a mutually acceptable agreement to reunite the country.
Speaking on arrival in New York this week, the Cypriot President said that he will highlight to the UN Secretary General, in an impartial manner and without entering a blame game, the need to have a substantive dialogue, in the context of the UN-led peace effort to reunite Cyprus, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
He added that he will seek to explain the problems the peace process is facing to Antonio Guterres and to British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, when they meet in New York on Thursday.
“We did not leave the negotiating table,” he said, adding that his goal is to continue the negotiations with a view to finding a functional and viable solution which will respect EU principles and values to the benefit of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
According to his programe, the Cypriot President will be meeting today with Archbishop of America, Demetrios.
He will also address the luncheon organized by the International Forum "Invest in Cyprus", which will take place at the Metropolitan Club.
The Forum is organized by Capital Link in cooperation with the Cyprus Shipowners` Association, the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency and the Chambers of Commerce of Cyprus and the USA. The conference aims to inform major US companies and investors about the investment opportunities in Cyprus as well as the development of business and trade partnerships.
On the evening of the 22 of March the President will attend a working dinner with officials from ExxonMobil.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. UN led talks between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities resumed in May 2015 with a view to reunite the island under a federal roof.
The talks were interrupted in mid February by the Turkish Cypriot side, which demands that a decision passed by the Cypriot Parliament relating to a 1950 referendum on union with Greece is revoked, claiming this indicates a shift in the Greek Cypriot side`s goal for a federal solution. The amendment provides that there will be a very brief reference one a year to the referendum at schools.
President Anastasiades has described the House decision as wrong and called on the leader of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, who walked out of the talks, to return to the negotiating table to discuss pending issues with a view to reach a mutually acceptable agreement to reunite the country.
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