Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend an informal meeting on Cyprus with the leaders of the divided island and guarantor powers at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, APA reports.
According to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources, the Turkish side hopes the meeting will result in steps toward fostering a culture of cooperation between the two sides on the island, thus helping develop good neighborly relations between the two states on Cyprus.
Along with Fidan, those attending the two-day meeting will include UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar, Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, and UK Minister of State for Europe, North America, and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty.
Fidan also took part in a similar informal meeting on Cyprus held in Geneva this March.
These informal meetings do not represent a continuation of previous negotiation processes, nor the start of a new negotiation process.