Leaders of divided Cyprus to meet on November 20, officials say

Lisi Niesner
Lisi Niesner
Nov 17, 2025
Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), at the Chancellery Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), at the Chancellery Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner — Lisi Niesner

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus will meet on November 20, officials said on Monday, marking their first encounter since the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader last month.

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides will meet at the residence of the envoy to the United Nations peacekeeping force on the island. The announcement of the meeting was issued simultaneously by the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides.

Erhurman, a centre-left moderate, won by a landslide in a presidential election in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state on October 19, pledging to work to revive stalled U.N. talks on reunifying Cyprus.

(Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Alex Richardson)