A serious diplomatic incident took place in Istanbul, on the sidelines of the UN World Humanitarian Summit.
According to information, despite the assurances given to the Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis, that Mustafa Akinci would not participate in the proceedings of the Summit, he finally arrived in Istanbul to take part in the dinner given in honor of the heads of state, Recep Tayyip Erdo Εan. .
According to the newspaper "Phileleftheros", the sudden arrival of the Turkish Cypriot leader - which was kept secret until the last moment - forced the President of the Republic to cancel his participation in the official dinner.
According to the Cyprus News Agency, Mr. Akinci was received by Turkish Minister of European Affairs Volkan Bozkir, who announced the arrival of the Turkish Cypriot leader via Twitter.