The President of the Republic hosted a lunch
for the five Permanent Members of the UN Security
Council
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, hosted
yesterday a working lunch for the representatives of the five Permanent Members
of the UN Security Council. The Permanent Representative of the Russian
Federation, Ambassador Mr Vitaly I. Churkin, the Permanent Representative of
China Ambassador Mr Liu Jieyi, the Permanent Representative of France,
Ambassador Mr François Delattre, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United
Kingdom, Mr Peter Wilson, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United
States, Ambassador Mrs Michele J. Sison, attended the lunch. For Cyprus, present
at the lunch were the Government Spokesman, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, the
Permanent Representative of Cyprus, Ambassador Mr Nicos Emiliou, the candidate
of the Republic Cyprus for the presidency of the 70 th General
Assembly of the United Nations, Ambassador Mr Andreas Mavroyiannis, and other
state officials.
In his statements following the lunch, the Government Spokesman said
that the President of the Republic briefed the representatives of the five
Permanent Members on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem. He also
briefed them on the chapters in which convergence could be reached, but also on
the fact that difficult matters are now being discussed at the negotiations
table, and their progress will allow extracting more secure conclusions on how
the process could move forward. The Government Spokesman said that President
Anastasiades reiterated the two leaders’ agreement to intensify the meeting in
November.
President Anastasiades, Mr Christodoulides added, thanked the five
Permanent Members for their interest on the Cyprus problem and underlined the
need to take initiatives towards Turkey, which through specific actions must
prove what it publicly states for its will for a solution to the Cyprus
problem.
Finally, the President of the Republic replied to questions of the
five Ambassadors on the various aspects of the Cyprus problem.
