Cyprus Mail26 Jul 2026

Our View: Why is UN time and energy being spent on Cyprus?

Everyone has been asking the same question ever since the visit of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was announced 10 days ago. What is the purpose of his visit? Little has been said about the purpose of visit – the first by a UNSG in 16 years – apart from a UN diplomatic source in Brussels informing the Cyprus News Agency that Guterres would seek concrete results from his meetings before moving the process to a five-party informal conference.

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