Cyprus issue
Cyprus
U.S. Hopeful for 'Comprehensive Settlement Agreement Within 2016' for Cyprus
The commitment of the United States to finding a just and lasting settlement reunifying Cyprus, as a bizonal, bicommunal federation, is reaffirmed in a cover note, accompanying a report by U.S. President Barack Obama, prepared by the State Department,...
Cyprus
The EU and Turkey Have Common Interest in Resolving the Cyprus Issue, Mogherini Says
The European Union and Turkey have a common interest in seeing the Cyprus issue solved, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has said.
She also pointed out that there is a window of more than...
Cyprus
Moscow Shows Interest in the Security of a Cyprus Settlement
Moscow believes that the security aspect of a Cyprus settlement needs to be solved in the framework of an international conference that would include Russia, its ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy said on Thursday.
Speaking after a meeting with AKEL general-secretary Andros...
Cyprus
Duncan Reiterates to President Anastasiades UK's 2004 'Generous Offer' on Cyprus Sovereign Bases
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alan Duncan reiterated on Wednesday in a meeting with the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades the UK's "generous offer” on the sovereign bases made in...
Cyprus
Cyprus Negotiations at the Point of 'No taboo' Issues, Official Says
UNSG Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide has said that we are now in a phase at the Cyprus negotiations, that we can discuss everything.
“Some things are in brainstorming mode, some of them in negotiating mode, but there is no...
Cyprus
Turkish-Cypriot Real Estate Agents Say Buying Greek-Cypriot Homes Is Big Risk for Investors
As the UN-led Cyprus Talks hope to soon resolve the Cyprus Issue and reunify the island, returning Greek-Cypriots to their land and properties in the northern third of the island that covers almost 40 percent of the total island, Real...
Greece
Greek ForMin: 'Abolition of Guarantees, Withdrawal of Occupation Army in Cyprus Central in Resolving Issue'
It has been shown again that the abolition of the guarantees in Cyprus and the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation forces are basic conditions for resolving the Cyprus issue, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday, following reports that...
Cyprus
PresComm. for Humanitarian Affairs Fotiou: Turkey’s Stance on Missing Persons ‘A Challenge to all Civilized Humanity’
Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Fotis Fotiou said on Saturday that the continuous refusal of Turkey to cooperate in efforts to determine the fate of missing persons is “a challenge to all civilized humanity.”
He was speaking in Limassol during...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades: Friday's Meeting with Akinci Important in Setting Foundation for 'Territorial adjustment and the issue of security'
The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said his forthcoming meeting on Friday with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will be very important with regards to the territorial issue, properties and guarantees.
Speaking on Wednesday evening, during a reception at the...
Cyprus
President Pavlopoulos: The Return of Morphou to Greek-Cypriot Control Is a 'Fundamental Condition' to Settling the Cyprus Issue
The return of Morphou to Greek-Cypriot control is a "fundamental condition for a mutually acceptable, comprehensive and final settlement of the Cyprus issue," President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday, during a ceremony in Nicosia naming...