Secretary-General Announces Conference on Cyprus Will Reconvene in Geneva, 28 June

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

In line with the statement issued following the meeting of the Secretary-General with the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akıncı, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, in New York on 4 June, and following consultations with all participants, the Conference on Cyprus will reconvene in Geneva on 28 June 2017.

The Conference on Cyprus will reconvene at the political level under the auspices of the Secretary-General, with the participation of Mr. Anastasiades and Mr. Akıncı, as well as Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom as guarantor Powers, and in the presence of the European Union as an observer.