President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides is in New York this week for the 80th High-Level Week of the United Nations General Assembly, carrying a rich agenda covering the Cyprus issue, international affairs, energy and bilateral relations.
On Saturday 27 September, he will hold a joint meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, on the sidelines of the Assembly.
Meetings with leaders and global businesses
Throughout the week, Christodoulides will also meet heads of state and government, senior officials of international organisations, and leading business figures in the fields of energy, technology and financial services.
Today the President will hold separate meetings with King Abdullah II of Jordan, as well as senior executives from Chevron and Amazon. He will also take part in a High-Level International Summit on the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution at UN headquarters. On 23 September, Christodoulides will attend a reception hosted by the UN Secretary-General for heads of state, followed by the opening of the General Assembly plenary. Later, together with First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides, he will attend a reception hosted by US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the United States.
That same day, he is scheduled to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed Hussein al-Saraa.
On 24 September, Christodoulides will address the 80th General Assembly plenary, reaffirming Cyprus’s unwavering commitment to international law and stressing the need for a just and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem, based on UN resolutions and EU principles.
Talks with Guterres and Security Council members
On 25 September, the president will hold a bilateral meeting with the UN Secretary-General to review the latest developments on Cyprus and efforts to restart negotiations within the UN Security Council framework.
He will then host a luncheon for the Permanent Representatives of the five permanent Security Council members (United States, France, China, Russia and the United Kingdom). On the same day, he will also meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang and executives of ExxonMobil.
Regional and diaspora outreach
On 26 September, Christodoulides is scheduled to meet the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. That evening, he will address the Cypriot diaspora at the annual Federation of Cypriot American Organisations (FCAO) event at Terrace on the Park in Queens, New York.
Finally, on 27 September, the president will take part in the joint meeting with Guterres and Tatar, convened by the Secretary-General following July’s informal New York conference. He will then depart for Cyprus later that day.
Christodoulides is accompanied by Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Government Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna, the director of the president’s diplomatic office Doros Venezis, and senior officials.
Meanwhile, strict security measures have been imposed across Manhattan around UN headquarters ahead of the arrival of leaders and senior officials for the 80th High-Level Week.
What to expect
In the Guterres–Tatar meeting, Nicosia will push to reboot talks on the UN’s bizonal, bicommunal federation basis and secure an empowered UN envoy, alongside small but practical confidence-builders (crossings, civil protection, missing persons) and a halt to faits accomplis in Varosha. Energy meetings aim for clarity on timelines and monetisation amid regional risk, while tech/finance outreach seeks higher-value investment with EU-grade compliance.
CNA sourced reporting