Trump files bimonthly report on Cyprus

US President Donald Trump has submitted to the Members of the Congress his Bi-monthly Congressional Report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the period February 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019.

According to the report, on February 1, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) Assistant Secretary Wess Mitchell called Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides to discuss with the ROC the U.S. explanation of vote during the UN Security Council vote to renew the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on January 30.

Mitchell affirmed US peacekeeping principles and encouraged both sides to improve bi-communal relations, the report says.

Furthermore, on February 4, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Elisabeth Millard met with UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca to express continued US support for senior UN official Jane Holl Lute's role in facilitating a resumption of negotiations and to reaffirm US efforts to encourage both sides to actively, constructively, and urgently engage with her.