Nicosia Uncut – Episode 59: Geneva done. What’s now for Cyprus and where is the EU in this? (25/3/2025)
From Nicosia Uncut by Andromachi Sophocleous & Kemal Baykallı
March 25, 2025 · 44 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the outcomes of the informal meeting in Geneva regarding Cyprus and the future of EU involvement.
On 17 and 18 March, the Cypriot leaders and the guarantor powers met with the UN Secretary General in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was named as informal and nobody was sure what the expected outcome would be as the positions of the sides were clearly not bridgable. In the end, a number of confidence building measures were announced. Appointment of a new envoy was also agreed. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss the result of the informal meeting, the new format of the Cyprus talks, geopolitical setting, strained relations on both sides of the Atlantic, and what's next for Cyprus! The post Nicosia Uncut – Episode 59: Geneva done. What’s now for Cyprus and where is the EU in this? (25/3/2025) first appeared on Island Talks .
People in this episode
Hosts: Andromachi Sophocleous, Kemal Baykallı
Topics covered
- Cyprus talks
- geopolitical setting
- EU involvement
- confidence building measures
- Cypriot leaders
- international relations
Keywords
- Cyprus
- Geneva
- EU
- UN
- confidence building measures
- geopolitical
- Cypriot leaders
- international relations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UN, EU
Places: Cyprus, Geneva
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