A social meeting between President-elect of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, will take place on February 23, it was announced on Thursday.

According to a statement from Christodoulides’ political office, the meeting will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the home of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, in the UN-protected area of the old Nicosia airport.

Christodoulides had expressed his readiness to meet with Tatar as soon as possible either before or after assuming his duties and had informed him that he would also officially inform the United Nations of his intention.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results.