Cyprus leaders to hold new meeting on October 27

President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, October 27, at 09:00, under the auspices of the United Nations. Following their private session, the two leaders will jointly attend meetings with the Technical Committees on Youth and Cultural Heritage, as well as the Coordinating Committee of the Civil Society Advisory Body, to support bicommunal collaboration.

Negotiations have been focused on confidence-building measures, specifically the opening of new crossing points. Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou stated that while issues regarding the Pyroi crossing routing have been resolved, a disagreement persists regarding the Turkish Cypriot demand to include the Louroujina-Lympia crossing, which has not been reconciled with the Greek Cypriot proposal for a crossing at Kokkina. President Christodoulides has presented multiple proposals to address these bottlenecks, with some already rejected by Erhurman.

Looking ahead, Maria Angela Holguin, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, is expected to arrive in Cyprus on October 29. A trilateral meeting involving the two leaders is planned for November 9 to continue addressing the methodology and substance of the Cyprus issue.