Cyprus, Greece welcome UN summit

Cyprus and Greece have said they will attend a five-party conference called by the United Nations in Geneva in late April. President Nicos Anastasiades said he would participate at the UN-hosted informal

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Location, date of UN summit not pinned down

A date and location for the UN-led five-party conference on Cyprus, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeks to hold remains undecided, although it was scheduled to convene in New York next month. Guterres

Britain urges progress at UN summit

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday pledged Britain would play a decisive role in ending decades-long division in Cyprus urging all parties to make progress at a United Nations summit. “We

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UN summit on Cyprus expected in March

An informal UN-led 5+1 Cyprus conference to resume abandoned peace talks is scheduled to take place in early March, most probably at Greentree in New York. However, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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Turkey chided for East Med meddling

Turkey was criticised by the leaders of Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus for military meddling from Libya to the Caucuses, as well as aggressive oil and gas exploration in foreign waters, during a

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Nicosia to host Cyprus-Greece-Egypt summit

Nicosia will host the 8th Cyprus-Greece-Egypt Trilateral Summit on 21 October where Turkey’s renewed illegal activity in the eastern Mediterranean will be on the agenda. A government statement on Friday said among

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Cyprus to raise Varosha issue at EU summit

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will raise the issue of Turkey re-opening fenced-off Varosha at the next European Council summit on October 14-15. Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said Wednesday that recourse has already

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Cyprus lobbies for EU support at summit

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels on Thursday as Nicosia goes on a diplomatic offensive to buffer Turkey’s actions in the East Med. Germany currently holds

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