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It is clear that the EU is ready to assist in the Cyprus problem, President Nicos Christodoulides said today, noting that what matters most is how we synchronise all actions in cooperation with the United Nations (UN).
In his remarks to journalists, coming to the General Assembly of the Hotel Association, the President of the Republic, asked to refer to the teleconference he had today with the President of the European Council and a group of Heads of State or Government of EU member states, said: "I want to express my satisfaction that the initiative on our part to break the deadlock and resume the talks has slowly started to be reflected in concrete documents and concrete texts.
At the same time, there are many meetings and many contacts in the direction of the EU and the UN. In the next few days, and today and tomorrow and before the European Council, I will have telephone contacts and meetings with European leaders.
The other dimension is the United Nations. There was a meeting on the Cyprus problem and at the summit organised by the French President in Paris, in the presence of the UN Secretary General, there will be some telephone contacts today, and I hope that the conditions will be created to break the deadlock and restart the talks."
Asked about the draft conclusions, the President of the Republic said that "it is positive. It is clear that the EU is ready to assist. What we are more interested in is how we synchronise all actions in cooperation always with the UN. We are in contact with the Secretary General, there will be a meeting between the Republic of Cyprus and the UN both in Cyprus and in New York, so that we can reach the goal, which is nothing less than breaking the deadlock and resuming the talks.
I consider it positive that, even today in the discussion we had in the Group of Five, there was a clear position from a foreign leader on the need for the EU (to assist) through the appointment of a personality. We are more interested in synchronising all these actions together with the UN, so that we have an effect, and on the occasion of the new government in Turkey, we have a new Foreign Minister, the re-election of Mr Erdogan, with his publicly stated readiness and desire to strengthen Euro-Turkish relations, (to see) how we synchronise all this in order to reach our goal."
Asked whether, given the principled positions he expressed on Ukraine, either he or the Foreign Minister intend to visit Kiev and meet with President Zelensky, as other European leaders and heads of European institutions have done, the President said: "Your observation is very correct, I have spoken with the Foreign Minister and a visit to Kiev is planned."
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