The latest European Council conclusions include references to Turkey’s behaviour, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has tweeted after the approval of part of the summit’s conclusions on Thursday.
In a post on Twitter, Anastasiades points to elements of the conclusions, which are mostly those included in the draft that had circulated before the start of the meeting.
“Agreed #EUCO Conclusions on Turkey. PM @kmitsotakis and I briefed colleagues about Turkish aggressive behavior and continued illegal actions in Cyprus #Varosha / other fait accomplis / inadmissible insistence on a two-state solution and Greece #Aegean” reads the President’s first tweet.
“Consensus that Turkey’s rhetoric and activities are unacceptable by EU. Colleagues shared the view Turkey should refrain from provocations, respect sovereignty of EU countries and allow resumption of talks for solution to Cyprus issue, in accordance with UN body of work” Anastasiades added in a second tweet.
President Anastasiades also tweeted that the European Council welcomed Ukraine and Moldova as candidate countries and opened possibility of candidate status for Georgia. He added that the door has been opened for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Progress now rests on partners. Enlargement process’ conditions are clear and everything will be merit-based” he also tweeted.
Source: Cyprus News Agency