Leaders’ meeting concluded: They will attend the Pyla festival together

President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides agreed to meet again next week following their meeting held today under the auspices of the United Nations (UN).

A statement issued by the UN noted that the leaders met in the buffer zone in a positive atmosphere.

According to the statement, the two leaders expressed that they are looking forward to the upcoming visit of María Angela Holguín, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus.

THEY WILL ATTEND THE FESTIVAL IN PYLA TOGETHER

Erhürman and Christodoulides also reached an agreement to jointly attend the festival to be held in the village of Pyla on Saturday, October 17.

Furthermore, the two leaders decided to jointly participate in the upcoming meetings of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, the Technical Committee on Youth, and the Steering Committee of the Civil Society Advisory Board.

The UN statement also noted that the leaders agreed to meet again next week to continue their talks.

The meeting between President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides had started at 15:50 in the buffer zone.

According to the statement made by the Presidency, the meeting took place at the UN Good Offices Mission.

“WE ARE GOING TO THE MEETING WITH THE AIM OF A RESULT-ORIENTED DISCUSSION”

In his statement prior to the meeting, President Tufan Erhürman had stated, “We are going to the meeting with the aim of conducting a result-oriented discussion.”

President Erhürman’s pre-meeting statement was as follows:

“The agenda of today’s meeting is the seven confidence-building measure proposals voiced by Mr. Guterres at the end of July on the island. As is known, we have already accepted six of the seven proposals. We are going to the meeting with the aim of carrying out a result-oriented discussion.”