On the margins of the 69th UN General Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide. After the meeting Venizelos stated that "We had a first, extremely interesting and substantial meeting with the new Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Cyprus, Mr. Eide," and added that “I set out for him Greece’s positions on the Cyprus issue, which are firm, well known, very clear.” The Greek FM further reiterated that the solution to the Cyprus issue can be only a viable and functional solution that is accepted, via referendum, by the Cypriot people, the two communities.

Venizelos also met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on September 25. The two foreign ministers discussed matters of bilateral and regional interest, focusing on the Cyprus issue and the course of Greek-Turkish relations. After the meeting, Venizelos stated that obviously, the Cyprus issue is the key to the overall development of Greek-Turkish relations. He added that "it is of very great importance that we encourage the dialogue and the negotiations, within the framework of the Joint Communiqué of February 11, 2014." He finally repeated that the solution must be accepted, via referendum, by the Cypriot people, by the two communities.