Mitsotakis to visit Cyprus before conference

With the informal five-party conference on the Cyprus issue under the auspices of the United Nations scheduled for early March, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to visit Nicosia during the coming period for consultations with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.

The visit was agreed in a phone conversation between the two leaders on Monday. Apart from this visit, a series of contacts at different levels will be made by Greece and Cyprus as the informal summit at a Long Island resort in New York presents several challenges, especially for Nicosia. 

Tellingly, the summit will be, among other things, on the agenda of talks that Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will have on Tuesday in London with his counterpart Dominic Raab. 

As a guarantor power of Cyprus, along with Greece and Turkey, Britain has a significant say in possible talks on the island's...