Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis underlined Greece’s unwavering commitment to the efforts for a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem and the clear rejection of any two-state solution. In an interview with ‘Kathimerini’ newspaper, Gerapetritis said “for Greece, finding a just, viable, functional and mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus issue is a top foreign policy priority.” As he noted, Greece unwaveringly supports the efforts for a solution to the Cyprus problem with a bizonal, bicommunal federation based on the UN Security Council resolutions and the European acquis. “We do not accept any discussion of a two-state solution,” he stressed. As regards his recent official visit to Cyprus, Gerapetritis noted that he was received by the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides. He also referred to his meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos, with whom, he said, he maintains excellent cooperation. “Our common understanding is that the European position, as reflected in the conclusions of the last European Council, expressing the readiness of the Union to play an active supporting role at all stages of the process under the United Nations, opens an important window of opportunity,” the Greek Foreign Minister concluded. Turkish troops invaded Cyprus on July 20, 1974, five days after the legal government of the late Archbishop Makarios III was toppled by a military coup, engineered by the military junta then ruling Greece. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
Source: Cyprus News Agency