Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will attend on Wednesday evening a dinner for the EU and NATO leaders that will take place in Madrid where the NATO summit, which began on Tuesday, continues.
Director of Anastasiades Press Office Andreas Iosif has said in a written statement that President Anastasiades has been invited and will attend the dinner which the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, will be hosting on the sidelines of the NATO summit for the EU and NATO leaders, during which Anastasiades will deliver a speech.
According to Iosif, Anastasiades trip to Madrid will give him the opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with foreign leaders and brief them on issues concerning Cyprus, with the Cyprus problem being at the top of the agenda.
His proposal for the implementation of CBMs that will help the whole process and the need for the Turkish side to abandon any provocative actions and its intransigent position will be the focus of President Anastasiades contacts, Iosif said, adding that the President will return to Cyprus on June 30.
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.
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