The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate was on Friday extended until January 31 next year, following the unanimous passing of a resolution by the UN security council.
All 15 security council members, including guarantor powers Greece and the United Kingdom, voted in favour of the motion, which also took stock of the state of the Cyprus problem.
It stressed the security council’s “full support” for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to find common ground, and “reiterates the importance of openness, flexibility, and compromise in finding common ground with the goal of returning to formal negotiations”.
It added that the security council “urges the sides to renew their efforts to achieve an enduring, comprehensive, and just settlement based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality”.
To this end, it said it “strongly en
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