The Conference on Cyprus on Security and Guarantees begins today in Geneva. The Conference will be opened by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and according to a program announced by the United Nations to the media, it will start at 11:15 local time Swiss time (12:15 Cyprus time).
According to the United Nations, the conference will take place in a room (Council Chamber) at the Palace of Nations "with the participation of His Excellency Nikos Anastasiadis, His Excellency Mustafa Akinci, UN Special Adviser on Cyprus" Espen "Barth Εe and the representatives of the guarantor powers, Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom." It adds that "the EU will also be involved as an observer / stakeholder".
The representation of the three guarantor powers takes place at the level of Foreign Ministers. Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers Nikos Kotzias and Mevlüt Tsavousoglou arrived in Geneva yesterday and British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is arriving in Geneva today. of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Frederica Mogherini.
Yesterday, the UN Special Adviser on the Cyprus issue, Espen Barth Aida, referring to the Conference, told the media that what is happening today is historic, whatever the outcome, because it is the first time in this process that The guarantors meet with the Cypriots to discuss the very difficult issue of security and guarantees
According to the United Nations, the first part of the conference will end at 13:00 and it will resume at 18:00 local time to end at 20:00. All sessions of the conference will be held in camera.
According to the program, the UN Secretary General will make a statement to the media at 14:45 local time, in the presence of the two leaders, while a working lunch will follow.
The arrivals of the heads of delegations are scheduled to start at 09:15 in the morning at Geneva time, while at 11:00 the General Secretary is scheduled to take photos with the two leaders.
In the meantime, at 09:30 local time, the President of the Republic will have a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias. The two men had a brief meeting yesterday after the arrival of Mr. Kotzias in Geneva, in the presence of Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis.
Turkish Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and British Undersecretary of State Alan Duncan will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mustafa Akinci at 09:35 a.m. Geneva time, according to Turkish sources.
The meeting will take place at the United Nations offices in Geneva.
Source: KYPE