United Nations Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus regins

The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has officially resigned from his post to enable him run for an upcoming legislative elections in his native country, Norway.

A statement released by the UN General Secretariat on Tuesday said that Eide has demanded to retire from his position with the aim of running for the upcoming parliamentary elections in his country.

According to the statement attributable to the Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq,

The Secretary-General “expresses his sincere gratitude to Mr. Eide for leading his good offices mission on the Cyprus issue in support of the bi-communal talks between the Greek-Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish-Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akıncı, in their efforts to reach a comprehensive settlement“.

Over the last 27 months, with steadfast dedication, commitment and creativity, Mr. Eide helped the two leaders make unprecedented progress towards reaching a viable and sustainable solution to the decades old dispute, bringing them closer than ever before to their shared vision of a united Cyprus“, the statement reads.

 
Eide who stayed in office for 27 months had paid a separate farewell visits to Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akıncı and also the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades on August before departing the island.