European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker will represent the EU at the Geneva Conference on Cyprus, spokesperson Margaritis Schoinas has said on Friday.
“Today I can confirm that the President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker, will lead the EU mission in Geneva,” Schoinas has told CNA invited to clarify whether EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and other EU delegates will travel to Geneva with Juncker.
Juncker will be flying to Geneva on January 12 to participate in the conference, the spokesperson said.
Schoinas explained: “As indicated by the text of the conclusions of the Summit, Cyprus is an EU member state and a reunited Cyprus would continue to be an EU member state, so the great importance of President Juncker participation is evident, as he was in close contact with the two leaders all this time. We will come back with the full composition of the mission.”
Schoinas also thanked the EU Maltese Presidency for their willingness to adjust their inauguration programme in order to accommodate Juncker’s participation in Geneva.
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci decided on December 1st, 2016, to meet in Geneva on January 9-11 in the context of the UN-sponsored talks to discuss all outstanding issues for a Cyprus settlement and present their territorial adjustment maps.
On January 12 a conference on Cyprus will be convened in the presence of the guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey and the UK) and other relevant parties as needed to discuss the issue of guarantees and security.
On Thursday, Sigma learnt that the EU would be participating in the talks at the highest level, and that the UN Security Council members would participate on a lower level.
Source: CNA
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