UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will be visiting Cyprus on May 5th, a UN source has told CNA.
Feltman will be meeting Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, UN officials in Cyprus and others.

According to the same source, the visit was scheduled to take place last Janurary, however it was delayed as the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides were engaged in talks on a joint communique to pave the way for the resumption of negotiationws. Other international developments delayed also Feltman’s visit to Cyprus.

CNA has learned that so far Feltman is not scheduled to join the two negotiators in their meeting May 6th.

Last Saturday the UN announced that Feltman will not assume the post of the UNSG`s Special Adviser for Cyprus, in succession to Alexander Downer, who is taking up the post of the Australian High Commissioner in London.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied its northern third.

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu reached on February 11, 2014, an agreement, which led to the resumption of UN- backed peace talks, with a view to reunite the country under a federal roof.