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Guterres says no Cyprus meeting planned on UN General Assembly sidelines

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said no 3+1 or 5+1 Cyprus meeting will take place on September 28 during the UN General Assembly.

Guterres says no Cyprus meeting planned on UN General Assembly sidelines
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New York, United States. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that no 3+1 or 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem would take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 28.

He said further preparation was needed to ensure that any future meeting had real prospects of producing an outcome.


Conditions for a meeting

Responding to a question on whether the relevant conditions had been set, Guterres said that no such meeting would take place during the General Assembly.

He said any new meeting must be prepared in a way that creates real prospects for an outcome, adding that past mistakes could not be repeated.

UN commitment

Guterres reiterated the United Nations’ commitment to advancing progress on the Cyprus problem.

“We are determined to move things forward and we are determined to do everything possible to make this happen when the conditions are met for the meeting to be successful,” he said.

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