European parliament backs UN naming envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

The parliament’s president Roberta Metsola, left, attended a military parade with Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday (Petros Karadjias/AP)

The president of the European Parliament has said she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a United Nations envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus.

Roberta Metsola said she personally communicated the position of the European Union’s legislature to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York last month.