Erhürman and Christodoulides to meet under UN auspices on 9 November

President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides will meet for a trilateral meeting under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) on 9 November. According to information provided by the UN, the meeting will be held at 11.00 at the UN Mission Chief’s residence in the buffer zone.

The meeting, to be hosted by Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Representative on Cyprus, will continue the contacts between the leaders. The trilateral meeting was announced in a statement issued by the UN after the leaders’ meeting on 20 October.

In that statement, the UN said the leaders were continuing their discussions on confidence-building measures, the method of negotiations and issues relating to the substance of the Cyprus problem.

Two meetings with each leader in preparation

As part of preparations for the meeting, Holguin met separately with each leader twice during the week. In statements to the press following her contacts, she expressed optimism about the process and said work to secure an outcome at the trilateral meeting had been discussed.

Preparatory contacts were not limited to the leaders. Holguin also met with technical committees, representatives of political parties, some former presidents and civil society organisations.

Holguin, who also visited Türkiye’s Ambassador to Nicosia, Ali Murat Başçeri, said she had conveyed to Christodoulides a message she had received from Türkiye through the ambassador.

Erhürman and Christodoulides last met face to face on 27 October at the UN Good Offices Mission. After the meeting, which lasted around an hour, the leaders met representatives of the Cultural Heritage and Youth technical committees and the Steering Committee of the Consultation Mechanism with Civil Society.