President: Resuming talks is my highest priority

14:49 - 19 June 2023

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President Nikos Christodoulides said that breaking the deadlock and resuming peace talks with the Turkish Cypriots was his “highest priority”, in an interview with Greek newspaper Vima.

“Breaking the deadlock and the resumption of the talks from where they were left off in Crans Montana is my highest priority,” he said. “And it is in this framework that I developed my proposal for a more active and central involvement of the EU, especially in the current juncture in which the aim is to break the deadlock."

To this end, he got straight to work and immediately started conveying and developing his proposal, to the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Parliament as well as at the European Parliament plenary, the French President, the German Chancellor and other European leaders, said Christodoulides.

According to the President, his interlocutors’ reaction so far has been positive and they are ready to work for its implementation.

Christodoulides said that taking into consideration the full spectrum of the EU-Turkish relations, the EU has the tools and motives for the resumption of talks and a Cyprus settlement, that can lead to a mutually beneficial state of affairs for all interested parties, including the EU itself.

President: Resuming talks is my highest priority

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