UN envoy Holguin to hold Brussels talks on EU-Turkey issues and Cyprus problem

Brussels, Belgium. UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin is continuing contacts under instructions from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aimed at convening a new expanded conference on the Cyprus problem. On Monday, she is due to hold talks in Brussels with senior European Union officials.

Brussels meetings

Holguin is scheduled to meet European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday.

The meeting agenda includes EU-Turkish issues and how they can contribute to progress on the Cyprus problem.

Holguin has also requested a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, acknowledging the role that the Commission’s new envoy, expected to be appointed in the coming days, could play.

Return to Cyprus

After Brussels, Holguin is expected to return to Cyprus in the first days of July, where she will meet both leaders.

Recent contacts

Holguin was last in Cyprus in early June, when she met President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. She then travelled to Athens and Ankara.