Greek Cypriot mission urges diplomats to keep away from Turkish Cypriot delegation in New York
Sep 26, 2026 9:11 am
Ibrar Younas
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NEW YORK — The Greek Cypriot Everlasting Mission to the United Nations has urged different diplomatic missions to keep away from contact with the Turkish Cypriot delegation throughout this week’s high-level conferences in New York.
In a letter despatched to everlasting missions and everlasting observer missions, it describes Turkish Cypriot representatives in search of conferences as members of a “secessionist entity” selling “secessionist insurance policies”. Citing UN Safety Council resolutions, it asks recipients to chorus from “any contact or conferences” with them.
The request comes throughout President Tufan Erhürman’s go to to New York for separate talks with UN Secretary-Common António Guterres and his private envoy for Cyprus, María Ángela Holguín. The passage of the letter seen by Cyprus Right this moment doesn’t identify Erhürman, however its reference to representatives at the moment in search of conferences in New York factors to the Turkish Cypriot delegation.
The Greek Cypriot facet has lengthy opposed contacts it believes may suggest recognition of a separate state within the north. The letter’s request, nonetheless, covers any contact, whereas its repeated description of Turkish Cypriot representatives as a “secessionist entity” is more likely to deepen offence and distrust.
There isn’t a indication within the passage of whether or not any mission acted on the request. Its language however raises a query for the peace course of: how can the 2 communities construct belief when one facet urges worldwide representatives not even to fulfill the opposite’s delegation?
