{"id":5230,"date":"2026-05-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:00:00","slug":"nikos-christodoulides-open-solution-plan-for-the-cyprus-problem-before-the-end-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5230","title":{"rendered":"Nikos Christodoulides: &#8220;Open&#8221; solution plan for the Cyprus problem before the end of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <b>Nikos Christodoulides<\/b> has revealed <b>intense behind-the-scenes work on the Cyprus<\/b>, with a new <b>polateral conference and a possible draft solution by 2026<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Emergent <b>developments appear to be taking shape around the Cyprus problem<\/b>, following <b>statements by the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Christodoulides<\/b>, who left <b>open the possibility<\/b> of a draft solution being tabled before the end of 2026<\/b>. The Cypriot President <b>revealed that intense diplomatic and behind-the-scenes contacts<\/b> are ongoing, while he <b>attached particular importance<\/b> to the meeting of the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres<\/b> with <b>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/b> in Ankara, <b>assessing that a new context is being created for the resumption of substantive negotiations<\/b>. At the same time, the convening of a new Informal Multilateral Conference<\/b> on the Cyprus issue <b>in the summer<\/b> is also on the <b>table<\/b>, with reports pointing to increased mobility<\/b> at the diplomatic <b>level<\/b> and international interventions that may determine the next developments on the national issue<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Republic of Cyprus<\/b>, Nicos Christodoulides, <b>left open<\/b> the possibility that a plan for a Cyprus settlement<\/b> could be submitted before the end of 2026, <b>that is, before the end of the term of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background processes<\/h3>\n<p>In an interview with Alpha TV, the Cypriot President referred to intense behind-the-scenes processes, which are ongoing and, he hinted, could lead to substantial developments in the process.<\/p>\n<p>He attached particular importance to the recent meeting between Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. According to Christodoulides, this meeting seems to have given a &#8220;green light&#8221; for the promotion of substantive discussions on the Cyprus problem.<\/p>\n<p>The President also said that the UN Secretary General is expected to convene a new Informal Multilateral Conference on the Cyprus problem in the summer. Its preparation, he said, is potentially accompanied by high-level moves behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikos Christodoulides revealed intense behind-the-scenes work on the Cyprus problem, with a new multilateral conference and a possible solution plan by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}