The Government Spokesman, Marios Pelecanos, asked by the Cypriot news agency, said that "we are satisfied that both the Russian Ambassador, with his statements, and the Russian Embassy itself, with its official statement, essentially confirm the position of principle of the Russian Federation regarding the framework for a solution to the Cyprus problem".
"It is also noted that there is no question of taking any action or having any contacts with the illegal regime, while they make it clear that there is no intention to recognize any authorities other than the Republic of Cyprus," he added.
"There are a number of Russian nationals who reside in the occupied territories. As they note in their statement an issue that had been raised in the past they are considering various ways through which they could accommodate Russian nationals residing in the occupied territories."
. Pelekanos noted that the Russian Federation, both in the statements of its Ambassador and in the Embassy's statement, even more strongly, "makes it clear that it is not prepared to take any action or enter into any official contact with the so-called authorities of the Pseudo-state to establish a Russian consulate in the occupied territories."
Asked about the reference in the Russian embassy's statement to "consular representations of a number of Western countries, including several EU members" operating in the occupied territories, Mr. Pelecanos said that "it is a fact that for years there have been some states, for example the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia, which maintain points of service for citizens, but have no institutional connection with the illegal regime."
He stressed that these are not official consulates and that these citizen service points do not have any official institutional form or institutional relationship with the pseudo-state.
Source: CNA
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