On se krajem januara u Ženevi susreo s Christofiasom i liderom kiparskih Turaka Dervisom Erogluom i razgovarao o napretku u pregovorima o ponovnom ujedinjenju tog podijeljenog ostrva.
He met with Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu in Geneva in late January to discuss progress in talks to reunify the divided island.