President-elect Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday had a 50-minute meeting with UN Special Representative and Unficyp chief Colin Stewart.
The UN official is set to also meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, either on Tuesday or Wednesday, ahead of an unofficial Christodoulides-Tatar meeting on Thursday.
That meeting is set to take place at 11am at Stewart’s residence near the old Nicosia airport.
No comments to the media were made after Stewart’s meeting with Christodoulides, who was joined by chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou.
However, an announcement from Christodoulides’ office said the two had discussed prospects for the resumption of talks, and the details of Thursday’s planned meeting.
On Monday, Christodoulides’ team said that he is preparing for the EU Summit in March, which will be his first.
The president-elect has repeatedly called for the EU to take a more prominent role in efforts to resume official Cyprus problem negotiations. However, Turkey typically views the EU as biased in favour of the Greek Cypriots.
Over the weekend Tatar said regardless of what is said in pre-election campaigns, the Greek Cypriot side, no matter who is in office, has one goal and that is the promotion of the sovereignty of Cyprus above all else.
As far as his meeting with Christodoulides was concerned, he said he had no problem having a coffee informally and if “the other side accepts our sensitivities, our red lines, our sovereign equality, formal negotiations can always begin”.
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