Turkey Welcomes Progress at Cyprus Leaders’ Meeting
Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli said it was positive that areas of cooperation aimed at building trust between the two sides had been discussed during the trilateral meeting held under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) with President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides.
In a statement posted on his account on the US-based social media platform X, Keçeli commented on the trilateral meeting between the leaders in Cyprus and Maria Angela Holguín Cuéllar, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Cyprus.
Keçeli stressed that Turkey welcomed the discussion of areas of cooperation aimed at building trust between the two sides, an issue on which the Turkish side has placed particular emphasis, during yesterday’s meeting on the island between President Erhürman, Christodoulides and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, Cuéllar.
Pointing out that limited progress had been made towards opening new crossing points, an issue that had been on the agenda for 18 months as part of the cooperation process launched at the suggestion of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Keçeli said:
“Further progress in areas of cooperation, including crossing points, at the trilateral meeting planned between the two leaders and the UN Secretary-General in the coming period will be possible only if the Greek Cypriot side changes its uncompromising stance.”
Following the meeting, Cuéllar and UNFICYP Spokesperson Alim Siddique presented the UN statement on the matter to journalists.
The UN statement said Erhürman and Christodoulides had reached an agreement to open two new crossing points between the TRNC and the Greek Cypriot Administration: Akıncılar–Lympia/Limya and Gemikonağı–Kampos/Kambo–Karavostasi.
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