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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Anita Demetriou received today the US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher.
During the meeting, both sides underlined the significant boost in Cyprus-US relations and the importance of cooperation, both at the bilateral level and in the context of broader partnerships, to address common challenges. The Speaker of the Parliament highlighted the importance of the parliamentary dimension of cooperation between Cyprus and the US and, in this context, individual issues were discussed in view of Mrs Demetriou's upcoming visit to the US.
With regard to the ongoing efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, the Speaker, noting the milestone of the UN General Assembly, stressed the need to exert pressure on Turkey to resume negotiations from the point where they were interrupted and to end the intensifying Turkish provocations against the Republic of Cyprus, especially in Famagusta. He expressed the hope that the prospect of normalisation of relations between Greece and Turkey, as well as the prospect of European Union (EU)-Turkey relations, subject to conditionality, will have a positive effect towards a solution of the Cyprus problem. Such a development, Demetriou said, will allow Cyprus to fully exploit the significant potential and emerging opportunities in all sectors, especially in the economy and energy, for the benefit of the country and its people, but also for the benefit of the entire region.
Ms. Fisher reaffirmed U.S. support for efforts to resume talks, within the parameters of the United Nations Security Council, to resolve the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation with political equality, as well as her country's support for Greece-Turkey and EU-Turkey relations.
Moreover, during the meeting, pending bills before the House of Representatives on issues of common interest to the two countries were discussed. Finally, the US Ambassador briefed the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the ongoing efforts to include the Republic of Cyprus in the US Visa Waiver Program.
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