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UN Secretary-General’s Personal Representative on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin has called on the island’s leaders in an article written for the Politis newspaper. Politis published the piece on its front page and inside pages under the headline “Holguin’s Article-Message to the Leaders – Shows How to Open the Way”.
European Council President Antonio Costa is expected to travel to Ankara in late October to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and reports suggest the two will discuss linking EU-Turkey relations to the Cyprus problem. The Greek Cypriot newspaper Fileleftheros reported that Costa would carry a message to Erdoğan that progress in EU-Turkey relations depends on developments on Cyprus and the resumption of negotiations.
On 17 October 2026, the 6th Pile Peace Festival was held in Pile with the participation of President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides. The event was organised by the Turkish and Greek Cypriot village headmen of Pile together with the Pile Office of the UN Peacekeeping Force (UNFICYP).
The Politis newspaper reported that Maria Angela Holguin, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus, has written an article addressed to the leaders. Holguin notes that over recent months Cypriots have encountered the terms "methodology", "substance" and "confidence-building measures" almost every day.
UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin said she believes a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus issue is still possible. In a letter, she called on the leaders to take concrete steps on confidence-building measures and lay the groundwork for negotiations to resume.
President Tufan Erhürman has said he received neither directly nor indirectly, through the UN, the document containing the “19-point ideas” of Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides. He made the remarks in an interview with the Greek Cypriot newspaper Politis.
Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides announced that a high-level meeting between the European Union and Turkey will be held before the end of October. Speaking in Brussels on the second day of the European Council summit, he said the meeting will take place at the request of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He said he received this information after contacts in New York and expressed satisfaction with the decision.
Maria Angela Holguin, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus, is expected to visit the island at the end of this month. Citing Politis, the report says she plans to stay about a week to meet the two leaders separately, and a trilateral meeting with the leaders is also being sought if possible.
President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides will attend a bicommunal Peace Festival in Pile on Saturday, the first in seven years. According to Politis newspaper, the event will begin at 19.00 on the football pitch behind Pile Turkish Primary School.
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides met under UN auspices. The United Nations said the meeting took place in a positive atmosphere. According to the UN statement dated 13 October 2026, the meeting was held in the UN Buffer Zone.
According to a column in Havadis, a Northern Cyprus newspaper, new developments on the Cyprus issue emerged step by step this week. Cypriot President Christodoulides said he had received an invitation to the COP31 meeting in Antalya after a meeting with Erhürman. Turkish President Erdoğan then invited Erhürman to the same meeting.
The leader of the Greek Cypriot administration, Nikos Christodoulides, announced that he will attend the COP 31 climate change summit that the United Nations will hold in Antalya in November. Citing the Fileleftheros newspaper, the report said Christodoulides replied “Of course I will attend” when asked whether he would take part. He described the development as one that sends messages on the Cyprus issue, and said they were prepared for any developments.
Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic and UBP Güzelyurt MP Ziya Öztürkler said the Greek Cypriot administration does not want to accept Turkish Cypriots as a sovereign and equal people, aims to push them into a minority position, and therefore does not show a sincere approach to a settlement.
Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelau said the United Nations has completed recording the convergences reached in the Cyprus negotiation process, but the Turkish side does not consent to giving the list of convergences to the stakeholders. Citing Riknews, which reported his remarks on the morning programme of RIK, Menelau said the convergences are based on the agreed federation framework, yet Ankara insists on a two-state solution.
Northern Cyprus Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu has criticised the lack of any response from President Tufan Erhürman to claims Christodoulides made on Erhürman’s behalf about a “mutabakat” (understanding). Speaking to the Turkish Agency Cyprus (TAK), he said he expected the president to state, “I have no such mutabakat,” and to take a very firm stance.
Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu has reacted to Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides' claim of 'full agreement' with TRNC President Tufan Erhürman on staying within UN Security Council resolutions in seeking a Cyprus settlement. He said Erhürman has not yet responded to the claim and should clearly reject it.
A meeting between Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides began at 15:50 in the buffer zone. According to a statement from the Presidency, the meeting is being held at the office of the United Nations Good Offices Mission.
Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides said yesterday that he will attend the UN Climate Change Conference COP31, scheduled for November in Antalya. Asked by journalists after a leaders' meeting with Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman whether he would attend the Antalya summit, he replied, "Of course I will."
Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides agreed to jointly attend a festival in Pile on Saturday, following a meeting in the buffer zone held under United Nations auspices. According to a written UN statement, the talks took place in a positive atmosphere, and the leaders also agreed to meet again next week.
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