UN announcement for envoy to Cyprus ‘imminent’
Nicosia was on Tuesday waiting for the UN to formally announce the appointment of a new envoy to Cyprus.
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told the Cyprus News Agency that the appointment is “imminent” with news expected soon or even within the day.
Both sides on the island have approved the appointment of Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as the UN envoy to Cyprus.
Letymbiotis had previously said that Cuellar would take up her duties in January, telling CNA on Tuesday that the information was still the same.
Cuellar served as foreign minister of Colombia between 2010 and 2018 and was also head of the Colombian mission to the UN and the ambassador of her country to Venezuela.
Responding to a question as to when the president will announce the negotiating team, Letymbiotis said that first, a National Council meeting would be held on January 8.