Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders meet under UN auspices in the UN Protected Area
13 October 2026
Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman met under United Nations auspices in the UN Protected Area, in what the United Nations described as a positive atmosphere. The meeting was reported in the United Nations political affairs roundup of 13 October 2026. The same roundup records that Hanna Tetteh, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, was scheduled to brief the Security Council the following morning on political and security developments, and that the Quintet of the United Nations, the European Union, the Arab League, IGAD and the African Union is consulting Sudanese civilian and political groups, including Somoud in Addis Ababa, to prepare an inclusive Sudanese-led political process.
In plain words
UN Protected Area United Nations Protected Area, Nicosia — The United Nations-controlled zone in Nicosia used for talks between the two Cypriot communities.
UNSMIL United Nations Support Mission in Libya — The United Nations political mission that supports Libya's political transition.
IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development — An eight-country regional bloc in the Horn of Africa and East Africa.