“As the EU, we will never accept the two-state solution to the Cyprus issue,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference in Brussels, after the summit.
In particular, the President of the Commission, who was replying to a relevant question, said that “I spoke with President Erdogan and I was very clear. We know that he intends to go to Cyprus in mid-July. This is a very sensitive issue for us and we have made it clear that we will be watching how the visit will go.”
And that, she added, “we will never, but never as EU, accept the two-state solution to the Cyprus problem.”
“I sent these clear messages personally to President Erdogan and it is up to him to send the positive messages,” von der Leyen noted.
She also added that “EU-Turkey relations have improved overall: There is de-escalation in the Eastern Med
Source: Cyprus News Agency