Diplomatic sources reject declare Erhürman blocked New York assembly
Sep 26, 2026 9:12 am
Ibrar Younas
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NEW YORK — Diplomatic sources have rejected claims that President Tufan Erhürman vetoed a proposed assembly in New York with Greek Cypriot chief Nikos Christodoulides and UN Secretary-Common António Guterres, saying no such assembly had been known as or scheduled.
Based on the sources, UN officers concluded that there had been no progress on confidence-building measures proposed by Guterres following a New York assembly between Turkish Cypriot negotiator Mehmet Dânâ and Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou.
The sources stated Guterres consequently didn’t name a gathering with the 2 leaders. They added that no three-way assembly appeared on the UN programme when Erhürman and Christodoulides arrived in New York.
The account instantly challenges the declare that Guterres sought a gathering which Erhürman then blocked. Erhürman had stated earlier than his go to that neither a three-way assembly nor a wider 5+1 gathering was scheduled throughout the UN Common Meeting week.
Guterres has beforehand stated {that a} additional 5+1 assembly would require ample preparation on confidence-building measures, negotiating strategies and substantive points.
Portraying the absence of a gathering as an Erhürman veto, the diplomatic sources argued, misrepresents the UN’s place and seeks to position accountability for the shortage of a three-way assembly on the Turkish Cypriot facet.
