US interest in the Cyprus issue was noted by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, on the occasion of the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to Cyprus and her contacts on the island.
Kasoulides was responding on Wednesday to a journalist's question on whether Nuland's visit could create momentum towards breaking the deadlock on the Cyprus problem. Speaking on the sidelines of the announcement of a second Cypriot humanitarian aid package to Ukraine, the Foreign Minister said that "the Cyprus problem cannot be placed on the sidelines of such major tectonic changes taking place for the security architecture of Europe, so I interpret Ms. Nuland's visit as one of particular interest on the part of the United States."
"The fact that it is not only bilateral relations that are the subject of Ms. Nuland's visit, but she is going to meet not only the President of the Republic, but also the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Tatar, suggests this," he added.
Moreover, asked about how the more general developments of the war in Ukraine affect Cyprus' stance, Mr.Kasoulides stressed that Cyprus "ought and must align itself with its partners in the European Union, where decisions are taken by unanimity. We believe that we had no right to take such an action which would prevent our partners from taking decisions."
Source: CNA
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