The Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE CSO), Ms Irini Charalambidou, is visiting the US, participating in a delegation of Members of the OSCE CSO Bureau.
The delegation had meetings on Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York with the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political and Peace Affairs Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and the Director of the Office of the President of the 76th UN General Assembly Mr. Nagaraj Kakanur.
Ms. Charalambidou expressed her thanks for the constructive role that both UNFICYP and the UN Secretary General's Good Offices Mission in Cyprus play in the efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. Ms. Charalambidou condemned Turkey's illegal actions in the enclosed area of Famagusta, in violation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. UN officials expressed hope for the creation of appropriate conditions that will allow the resumption of negotiations as soon as possible.
The meetings discussed the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine and UN efforts to open safe humanitarian corridors to allow evacuation of civilians and relief for those remaining inside the war zones. Ms. Charalambidou noted that Cyprus is also contributing to efforts to mitigate the humanitarian consequences of the conflict, noting the dispatch of humanitarian aid from the Republic of Cyprus to Ukraine and the hosting of Ukrainian refugees in Cyprus.
In addition, Ms. Charalambidou and the also Vice-Chairman of the OSCE CSO, French Senator Pascal Allizard, had a meeting with the Permanent Representative of France to the UN, Mr. Nicolas De Rivière. Ms. Charalambidou expressed her thanks for Mr. Rivière's catalytic contribution to the adoption of the Presidential Statement on Famagusta in July 2021 under the French Presidency of the UN Security Council, as well as for the firm principled stance that France has maintained over time on the Cyprus problem, in the context of the UN and more generally. Ms. Charalambidou praised the strong ties between Cyprus and France, noting that these were forged on the basis of the two countries' common commitment to international law and underlined France's stabilizing role in the Mediterranean.
(MB/SX)
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