DPA President Marios Karoyan and Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis left open the possibility of continuing the dialogue in view of the presidential elections. During their meeting today at the offices of DIPA, the staffs of the two sides discussed a wide range of issues covering the political, regional, social and economic life of Cyprus. Mavroyiannis a long, substantial and very fruitful discussion during which he listened to the Presidential candidate's thoughts, vision and approaches on a wide range of issues, starting from the Cyprus problem, geopolitics, economy, welfare state, migration, investment, reforms, environment and how Cyprus should move towards sustainable green growth.
"It was a very substantive discussion, we were given the opportunity to talk in depth on a number of issues and we in turn had the opportunity to express our positions on the issues we have discussed," he said, noting that there is a common recognition that the country needs reforms, changes, modernisation and a change of mindset on a wide range of issues.
Karoyan said that the challenges are great and the risks are real, noting, however, that there are also opportunities that should be exploited to the maximum extent possible.
"The right analysis and the right findings will certainly help our country to make rational decisions, which is the point. We have suffered a lot as a place, hopefully there will be conditions for broader consensus on compositions, which are necessary to address today's unprecedented challenges," he said.
The President of DIPA said that he and Andreas Mavroyiannis agreed that there may be a second meeting, during which they will go into more specific issues.
In conclusion, Mr. Karoyan thanked Mr. Mavroyiannis for the meeting and expressed the certainty that through the creative dialogue developed with other candidates and political forces, the political culture in our country will be upgraded. "Our common goal and common aspiration is for our Cyprus to move forward, for our society to face the serious problems, for our citizens to have hope, not false hope, but real hope that something can change for the better."
Mr. Mavroyiannis, for his part, described the meeting with the leadership of the PPP as very important and constructive and noted that they exchanged views on a wide range of issues and found that the analysis is converging and also that the way to address the challenges, there is great scope to find consensual solutions and approaches to lead the country higher than it is today. Mr. Mavroyiannis also spoke, without committing Mr. Karoyan to this, of a downward spiral that exists in the country and which must be stopped.
The presidential candidate then said that in the context of the meetings and contacts he has with his staff, the purpose of today's meeting is to establish the existence of convergences and to see the prospects of cooperation in the presidential election.
"It is a great honor and pleasure to have this discussion and this exchange of views. We expect and look forward to strengthening this cooperation and we are always at the disposal of the President and the PPP to continue this discussion," he said and expressed the hope that there will be positive results.
Source: CNA
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