President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday afternoon, CNA learns.
President Christodoulides, who is accompanied by a delegation, travelled to Antalya, Turkey via Rhodes, to participate on Wednesday in the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP31).
According to the same information, the telephone conversation took place at the request of the UN chief in the wake of a meeting on Monday with the Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin.
During the telephone call, President Christodoulides and Guterres discussed about Monday’s meeting, the results of which were deemed to be substantial by the UN chief. According to the same information, they also discussed a meeting between Guterres and Turkish President Erdogan, where they also evaluated Monday’s meeting at the UN protected area of Nicosia airport.
Moreover they discussed the next steps concerning a trilateral meeting of the Cyprus leaders with the UN chief, for which planning is ongoing. The location will probably be in Europe, possibly before the end of November, according to the same information.
The President arrived in Antalya on Tuesday evening, while tomorrow he will make an intervention at the COP31 Summit before the Heads of State and Government. On the sidelines of the Summit, he will have bilateral contacts and in this context, he is also expected to meet with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.