The United Nations has a special envoy for Cyprus, María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar. Her job is to help bring peace to the divided island. She met with the Greek Cypriot leader, President Nikos Christodoulides, last Saturday. This was to prepare for a very important meeting.
The two main leaders from Cyprus will meet this Thursday. It is their first big meeting in many years. The Cyprus problem started in 1974, and many peace talks have failed since then.
After her meeting, the UN envoy said she was "quite optimistic" about Thursday. But she was also careful. She said real peace needs support from all people, not just leaders.
The President said he is ready to start "working substantively" on the peace process. He wants to talk about difficult problems next.
No one expects a quick solution. But after years of no talks, this meeting is a positive step. The world will be watching to see if this can lead to a new peace process.