The hope that the UN Secretary General will appoint a special envoy for the Cyprus problem and at the same time develop an initiative on the part of the EU in cooperation with the United Nations, in order to avoid the new fait accompli that Turkey is seeking, President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades
Leaving the Presidential Palace to attend the Czech Embassy's lunch, the President of the Republic, asked whether the objective of resuming the dialogue can be achieved through social meetings, such as the one he will have tonight with the Turkish Cypriot leader at the United Nations event, said "no, of course not. But what I keep is the last visit of the Assistant Secretary General for European Affairs who has assured that the interest of the United Nations Secretary General remains active in order to create the necessary conditions for the resumption of the dialogue.
Of course, at this time one does not expect any development, given that there are elections in Cyprus, in Greece, in Turkey.
What should be taken into account is, on the one hand, the will of the Secretary-General, his determination, which I hope will be demonstrated by the appointment of a special envoy as he has proposed, I am not interested in the name, and secondly, an initiative on the part of Europe which I am promoting, in cooperation with the United Nations, as a preliminary and prior to the start of a new dialogue, to avoid new fait accompli that Turkey is seeking and to prepare the ground so that with specific initiatives and in cooperation with the United Nations, the EU can play a positive role towards the resolution of the Cyprus problem, always on the basis of United Nations resolutions and the European acquis for the benefit of all Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
He was asked to clarify that "the first stage is to avoid new fait accompli and the next stage is in the period between now and the elections to prepare the EU in cooperation with the United Nations to present such a proposal that, without departing from the UN resolutions, can be the common basis for a solution to the Cyprus problem, in order to find a workable and viable solution to our national problem".
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