Erhürman and Christodoulides meet under UN auspices: two new crossing points on Cyprus to open at the same time

Northern Cyprus President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides met in the UN-controlled buffer zone on 9 November, hosted by María Ángela Holguín, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative for Cyprus. A written UN statement said the meeting went well.

The two leaders agreed to open the Akıncılar-Limnitis and Kambo-Gemikonağı crossing points at the same time. They also agreed to share archive material through the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage and to advance projects of the Technical Committee on the Environment. The “Imagine” project will restart under the Technical Committee on Education, and the Technical Committee on Crisis Management is to set up a rapid-response mechanism for emergencies.

Erhürman spoke to the press afterwards and described the decisions as modest but forward-looking steps. He said all crossings on the agenda, including Haspolat, as well as the Pile issue, would be taken up at the next trilateral meeting with the UN Secretary-General. He added that his side had put forward a “game-changing” proposal for resolving the Cyprus problem but would not disclose it yet because it still needs work.