Cyprus president to send envoy to UN

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos will be sending an envoy to New York for consultations at the United Nations, according to sources.

A UN representative told the Cyprus News Agency that President Papadopoulos had told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that he would send an envoy to New York for consultations at the United Nations.

Meanwhile, the UN could send an envoy to the region on an investigative mission, aiming at restarting his Cyprus initiative.

Papadopoulos spoke to Annan during ‘a social encounter” during the lunch given by Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of the celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Papadopoulos also spoke briefly to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the lunch.

The meeting is reported to have taken place in a positive climate.