‘No timetables’ for next steps, Holguin says
The United Nations Secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin said there are “no timetables” for her next steps after leaving Cyprus.
She was speaking after meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides for the second time on Saturday morning and added that she “does not know” where her next destination will be.
She said it is possible that she will visit some European capitals in April, and may meet some European Union officials as well.
Evaluating her latest visit to the island, which also included two meetings with Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar, she said “I had very good meetings all week.”
She added that she hopes to “come back with something sometime later.”
During her current stay on the island, she has also met with political parties from both sides, with both the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (KTTO), with both Nicosia Mayors Constantinos Yiorkadjis and Mehmet Harmanci, and various civil society groups.
A “close associate” of Holguin is expected to remain on the island after she departs, to act as her “eyes and ears”. The date of her next visit to Cyprus has not yet been confirmed.