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As part of his briefing to the media, the Government Spokesman, Mr.
Asked if there will be any contact between the Prime Minister of Greece and the President of the Republic regarding Mr Mitsotakis' meeting with the personal envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General (SG) on the Cyprus problem, the Spokesman said: "Communication and coordination is ongoing with the Greek Government. The President's contacts with Ms. Holguin have been communicated to the Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and a communication will follow after the conclusion of the contacts in Athens."
He added that the President and Mr. Mitsotakis had a communication yesterday.
Asked about the issue of a possible increase in electricity prices, the Spokesman said: "The goal of our country's energy programme is to be able to provide our citizens with cheap electricity. To be able to address energy inexpensiveness."
We are mindful of the costs that consumers, households, are being asked to pay. This afternoon, the Minister of Energy will have his first meeting with the new Board of Directors of AHK, during which they will also discuss this issue.
I would like to take this opportunity to say that the President of the Republic has already instructed the Ministry of Finance to evaluate the existing support measures for society, which were announced in the previous period, and to take any decision before the end of their implementation."
Asked to comment on a report that the next time Ms Holguin is in Cyprus she will have meetings with party leaders and anti-federalists and asked if on her previous visit to Cyprus she had meetings with federalists, the Spokesman said: "I don't know which publications you are referring to. Ms. Holguin's intention, as has been conveyed to us, is that she wants, in addition to the President of the Republic and Mr. Tatar, in addition to the political leadership of the country and the party leadership with whom she may hold meetings in the coming period, to have meetings, as she has done, with civil society.
I don't think this will be separated into federalists and anti-federalists. What Ms. Holguin wants is to see the general feeling of civil society in relation to the conditions for resuming negotiations from where they have been broken off."
In response to another question, he said that the contacts Ms. Holguin makes are her own choices.
To a reporter's remark that the British High Commissioner said the Turkish Cypriots wanted incentives to return to the talks and asked if the Government knew what those incentives were, the Spokesman said: "We are in a process where a personal envoy of the UN Secretary General has been appointed precisely to explore the conditions for the resumption of negotiations. It is precisely through our own persistent efforts that this appointment of a person who only a few months ago did not seem possible has been achieved. Let me remind you that the President of the Republic announced a few days ago a package of 14 measures addressed to our Turkish Cypriot compatriots."
Asked what kind of assurances the Turkish Cypriot side needs to attend talks, the High Commissioner said: "That question should be addressed to the UK High Commissioner. What we should all bear in mind is that particularly at this time when a period of mobility is opening up before us, marked by an important development, the appointment of an envoy, we should all be very careful in our public statements."
Asked whether there is any news in relation to the extradition of the Turkish Cypriot lawyer who was arrested in Italy, the Spokesman said: "The information we have is that in the next few days, investigators from the Cyprus Police will go to Rome, where, in cooperation with the Italian authorities, they will transfer the Turkish Cypriot lawyer to Cyprus. There, in coordination with the Legal Service, decisions on the next steps will be taken."
Asked whether the President of the Republic will convene the National Council, the Spokesman said: "The President of the Republic with full respect, as he has demonstrated, to the successful, useful, beneficial institution of the National Council - in his 11 months in office he has convened the National Council five times. He will convene the National Council as soon as there are developments, for information and exchange of views and that is the most important thing as far as the institution is concerned."
Asked if the President was informed of the former President's meeting with Mrs. Holguin, Letybiotis said: "He had communication with the former President of the Republic after the meeting with Ms. Holguin."
Asked why the President chose to hold separate meetings with party leaders on the issue of property usurpation in the occupied territories, rather than at the level of the National Council, the Spokesman replied, "The separate meetings are in the context of the broader coordination of the executive with the political forces involved in the legislature."
Asked why the President chose to hold separate meetings with party leaders on the issue of property usurpation in the occupied territories, rather than at the level of the National Council, the Spokesman replied, "The separate meetings are in the context of the broader coordination of the executive with the political forces involved in the legislature. They are not only and exclusively about the Cyprus problem."
He added that the Republic of Cyprus is working on legal arrangements to address the phenomenon of usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied territories.
He also said that the Government is acting and legal measures will be taken, which will not necessarily be announced.
Asked if the relationship between the President of the Republic and DIKO has been clarified after the last meeting, the Spokesman said: "The relationship was never nebulous to be clarified. It has always been clear. It is precisely the further improvement of the relationship with both the forces that support the Government and the political forces that do not support the Government that we are seeking. As the Executive, we have a mission, to implement the whole of the President's programme of governance. And in this effort, the cooperation of all political forces is required. It is in this context that the President met with the DIKO Secretariat to find ways to further improve this coordination and cooperation, and today with the Ecologists. It is for this reason that the President of the Republic instituted the annual planning of what the Government intends to advance in the legislative branch in 2024, so that in time the institutional partners of the executive branch, which is also the legislative branch, know which are the bills that will be advanced before them."
Asked to report on how the investigations into the Cyprus Confidential case are progressing, the Spokesman said: "It is known that the team of foreign experts who had come to Cyprus for this purpose, to assist in the completion of the investigations that were already before the competent authorities and for the examination of the forms, is in constant communication with the competent authorities in Cyprus. Any information that may come to the attention of the authorities is immediately forwarded in accordance with the prescribed procedures."
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