Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar shake hands after a meeting in the presence of UN Cyprus representative Colin Stewart in the UN buffer zone in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on January 20, 2025. [Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters]
Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet on April 2, Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday.
This will be their first meeting following two days of talks hosted by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the future of the island between Christodoulides, Tatar, and representatives from Greece, Turkey and Britain that took place on March 17 and 18 in Geneva.
According to CNA the meeting has been scheduled for April 2, at 9am local time. It is expected to take place at the residence of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, in the UN-controlled area of Nicosia Airport.
Last week. Guterres announced that another informal meeting on Cyprus in a broader format will be held at the end of July. He also said that he will appoint a new personal envoy on Cyprus to prepare the next steps, while the two sides agreed to proceed with a number of initiatives, involving the opening of crossing points, the creation of a Technical Committee on Youth and other initiatives in the buffer zone and throughout the island.