Against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate and the point where the wall once divided Berlin in two, the informal meeting of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with President Nikos Anastasiadis and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akin will take place tonight at the Adler Kempinski Hotel. discuss the next steps in the Cyprus issue.
The two leaders arrived separately in the German capital yesterday, accompanied by negotiators and close associates, and ended up at the same hotel, while Mr Guterres is scheduled to arrive today.
President Anastasiadis has repeatedly expressed his political will to conclude the terms of reference, while the position of the e / k side is to convene an informal conference with the participation of the guarantor forces, even within December.
The dinner is scheduled to start at 19.30 local time (20.30 Cyprus time) while the two sides have been spotted by the United Nations for separate meetings with Mr Guterres, before dinner.
The special envoy of the UN Secretary General, Jane Hall Luth, already met on Sunday with the negotiator of the Turkish Cypriot side, Erhan Ercin, while today she is expected to see the Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavrogiannis.
Tonight's dinner is expected to begin with the participation of the UN Secretary General, President Anastasiadis and the Turkish Cypriot leader, and then negotiators from both sides may be invited to attend. However, the United Nations has not yet given a full picture to both sides of the final composition and any arrangements may change.