The President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, attends on Tuesday the opening of the UN General Assembly’s plenary session in New York, during which the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will present his report on the work of the organisation. Christodoulides will subsequently meet with UK Prime Minister Andrew Burnham, at the UN headquarters.
Later in the afternoon local time, he will meet with Chevron’s President of Basic Resources and Emerging Markets, Javier La Rosa, while at 18:00 New York time (01:00 Cyprus time), he will meet with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin.
According to a press release issued by the Presidency of the Republic, on Wednesday, September 23, at around 12:30 New York time, the President will address the plenary of the UN General Assembly.
He will later participate in the High-Level Meeting convened by the UN Secretary-General on climate change, where he will make an intervention, while on Wednesday afternoon he will meet with ExxonMobil Vice President, John Ardill.
On Thursday morning, Christodoulides will attend a working breakfast organised by Antenna Group and the Atlantic Council on ‘Strengthening EU-Gulf Cooperation for Regional Security and Prosperity’.
At 10:55 New York time, the President will meet with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, at the Secretary-General’s office at the UN headquarters.
The President of the Republic will subsequently host a luncheon for the Permanent Representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
On the morning of September 25, the President will meet with Vice President of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng, followed by a meeting with representatives of the AJC.
Before departing New York, President Christodoulides will attend a dinner hosted in his honour by Cypriot diaspora organisations.
President Christodoulides is accompanied to New York by Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, Government Spokesperson, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, and negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side, Menelaos Menelaou.
The President is scheduled to return to Cyprus on the evening of September 26.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.