Erhürman and Christodoulides to Meet UN Secretary-General Again in Coming Weeks

President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides will hold another trilateral meeting with the UN Secretary-General in the coming weeks.

The two leaders have agreed to open the Akıncılar–Limya and Kambo–Gemikonağı crossing points simultaneously.

The United Nations (UN) issued a statement following the trilateral meeting held today in the buffer zone under the auspices of UN Secretary-General’s Personal Representative for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin.

Although the leaders had left before the statement was issued, Holguin and Khassim Diagne, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and newly appointed Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), were present during its announcement.

Describing the meeting as “positive”, the UN statement said the leaders had continued discussions on confidence-building measures, methodology and substantive issues relating to the Cyprus problem.

According to the statement, the leaders reached agreement on the following:

• The Akıncılar–Limya and Kambo–Gemikonağı crossing points will open simultaneously.

• Archival materials will be shared through the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, while progress will be made on environmental projects to be carried out by the Technical Committee on the Environment.

• The Imagine Project will be relaunched under the auspices of the Technical Committee on Education and within a framework to be determined by the committee.

• The leaders will task the Technical Committee on Crisis Management with establishing a mechanism for a rapid response to emergencies.

• The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage will begin restoration work on certain Maronite churches and an Armenian monastery, alongside its other activities.

The statement also noted that issues such as the opening of other crossing points had been discussed. It said discussions on these matters, as well as on methodology and substantive issues, would continue in the coming period and at a trilateral meeting with the UN Secretary-General scheduled for the coming weeks.