President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades will hold meetings during the coming week with Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority.
A written statement by the Director of the President’s Press Office, Andreas Iosif said Anastasiades will have a heavy schedule the coming week which will include a wide range of issues.
On Friday, 17 June, at 1100, President Anastasiades will receive Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. On the agenda will be the Turkish provocations in the fenced area of Famagusta, the unacceptable and provocative attitude of Turkey both towards Greece and Cyprus and the positions that Turkey continues to promote for a solution of the Cyprus problem.
They will also examine the latest developments regarding Ukraine and the war’s repercussions.
Also on the agenda are immigration, energy and issues of common interest which have always guided the common policies followed by Cyprus and Greece and that have established the two countries as pillars of stability and peace in the region.
President of the State of Palestine will also be in Cyprus on Tuesday, 14 June where during bilateral negotiations the President will hold with his Palestinian counterpart, he will stress that Cyprus remains a firm supporter of a solution to the Palestinian problem, according to UN Security Council resolutions.
He will also underline that the Republic of Cyprus is ready to work to further deepen bilateral relations in fields of common interest.
The Cyprus issue will also be included in the agenda of discussions.
President Anastasiades will inform his counterpart on the efforts to end the Turkish occupation as well as the recent Turkish provocations in Famagusta and the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone as well as efforts to resume negotiations to find a solution to the Cyprus problem that corresponds with international law and the acquis Communautaire.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Varosha, the fenced off section of the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta, is often described as a ‘ghost town’.
UN Security Council resolution 550 (1984) considers any attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible and calls for the transfer of this area to the administration of the UN. UN Security Council resolution 789 (1992) also urges that with a view to the implementation of resolution 550 (1984), the area at present under the control of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus be extended to include Varosha.
Source: Cyprus News Agency