UN envoy hopeful on Cyprus, says multi-party summit premature

Republic of Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman pose for a photograph at the U.N. compound inside the UN buffer zone, in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 11, 2025. Petros Karadjias/Pool via REUTERS

NICOSIA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The key U.N. envoy seeking to break a deadlock in Cyprus's long-running division said she was cautiously optimistic about a breakthrough but that it would be premature to convene a multi-nation summit on the conflict.

In an interview with Cyprus's Phileleftheros daily, envoy Maria Angela Holguin said she was hopefulafter meeting with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on December 11. She said their discussion, which agreed to focus also on confidence-building, was "deep, sincere and very straightforward".