Guterres visits Cyprus as UN seeks path back to talks

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Cyprus on July 27 for a three-day visit, the first to the island by a serving U.N. chief in 16 years, as he seeks to support efforts to revive the stalled peace process.

Guterres, who traveled from Syria, was due to meet Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides separately on July 28.

The two leaders were then expected to join him for a private dinner, followed by a joint meeting on July 29 in the U.N.-controlled buffer zone.

He was also scheduled to visit the anthropology laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons and meet negotiators, bicommunal technical committees and civil society representatives.