Christodoulides Calls Talks with Holguin Positive, Sees Room for Progress on Cyprus

Christodoulides described his meeting with Holguin today as “positive”. Citing Cyprus Mail, he said the talks were a positive development that could lead to the resumption of negotiations halted in summer 2017, and that the 19 proposals his side presented were discussed in a “very good meeting”.

Describing himself as “cautiously optimistic”, Christodoulides said that several trilateral meetings involving himself, President Tufan Erhürman and Holguin, held before Holguin leaves the island, would be “really useful”. For the next step, he said they would await the conclusion of Monday's meeting between Holguin and Erhürman.

Asked about the understandings reached in the recent negotiation process and the records on issues agreed with the United Nations, Christodoulides said he did not want to share “substantive information”. He described the Cyprus problem as being at a “critical juncture” and said he hoped his cautious optimism would produce concrete results.