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The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received today Tuesday, 18^th September 2018, at the Presidential Palace, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Ms Elizabeth Spehar.

After the meeting Ms Spehar told reporters that “I was very pleased to spend some time with Mr Anastasiades ahead of his upcoming trip. As I usually do at this time of the year I like to touch base with both of the leaders before they go to the General Assembly where both Mr Anastasiades and Mr Akinci will be having bilateral meetings with the Secretary General.

It was a very good conversation, we talked about his expectations and I also discussed some very important upcoming issues such as the report that will be tabled in the Security Council in the middle of October on the good offices of the Secretary General in Cyprus, the outcome of Ms Lute’s consultations that will be part of it as well and how this is a very important period going forward as we know, because what is in that report, what is in the next report in January is of great interest to the Council in terms of how they understand the way ahead in the future.”

Replying to a question if the Secretary General will invite the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus for a trilateral meeting, in New York, Ms Spehar said that “in terms of a tripartite meeting I am not aware of anything of that sort that has been set up.  In terms of Ms Lute’s report, she will be reporting to the Secretary-General quite soon.”

(RM/AH/II)