Guterres plans Cyprus meeting to define way forward

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, meet at a U.N. compound in the Nicosia airport area, inside the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, July 29, 2026. Petros Karadjias/Pool via REUTERS

NICOSIA, July ⁠29 (Reuters) - United Nations ⁠Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said ‌on Wednesday he planned to convene a multi-party ​meeting on the ⁠division of ⁠Cyprus to define the way ⁠forward ‌on resolving a conflict ⁠which has lasted more than ​half ‌a century.

"I decided that ⁠I ​would convene another five plus one meeting, ⁠after adequate preparations ​on confidence building, methodology and substance," Guterres told ⁠journalists in Nicosia, Cyprus's divided capital. The meeting would include Greece, ​Britain and ⁠Turkey, which are guarantor ​powers of ‌Cyprus's independence.

(Writing by ​Michele Kambas; Editing by Sharon Singleton)