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04-03-2021 19:59 |
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Remarks
by the President of the Republic following his teleconference with the
Chancellor of Germany |
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The President of the Republic
Mr. Nicos Anastasiades communicated tonight through teleconferencing with the
Chancellor of Germany, Mrs. Angela Merkel. In his remarks to the media following the teleconference, the President of the Republic said that "I had an extensive and very productive conversation with Mrs. Merkel within the framework of the briefings and the efforts we are making so that, through the interventions of friendly member states, the prospects will be created for the informal five-party meeting to generate those facts that would allow the Secretary-General to proceed with the substantive dialogue for the Cyprus problem; in other words, to convene a new conference for Cyprus. I had the opportunity to repeat
to her my determination to be sufficiently productive during my presence at
the five-party meeting, insisting of course that the solution cannot deviate
from the UN parameters, and even more, it cannot violate the European acquis.
We are and will remain, as I explained to her, an EU country, and that is why
we demand the contribution of the EU; so that its presence will ensure that
everything that will be agreed upon will be compatible with the European
acquis. At the same time, we had the
opportunity to discuss also the European Council of 25-26 March, where, among
the issues to be discussed is Migration, something that certainly affects
significantly the demographic composition of the Republic of Cyprus and
especially that of the Greek Cypriot community, because of the flow of
refugees from Turkey. I asked her to convey to the
Turkish President, with whom she will talk tomorrow through teleconferencing,
that Turkey must stay away from provocations, that it should avoid any action
that would affect the status quo of Famagusta, that he must, at the same
time, if he wants a positive agenda, create those condtions that would not
ignore any of the member states, and more importantly with regard to the
refugee flows, to, at long last, take such measures to stop them, and also to
have an important improvement and termination of this phenomenon. Mrs. Merkel showed readiness to
play a role in the effort, so that, on the one hand, any provocative actions
by Turkey will be avoided, and at the same time she was positive to make a
contribution so that the EU will be present but also to simultaneously
provide any assistance it can from a legal point of view or any other way so
that the solution sought will be the desired one." RM/EH/II |
