The President of the Republic Mr Nicos
Anastasiades, in addition to the notification of his letter to the UN Secretary
General which he sent on 2 January 2014, to the Presidents of the three EU
institutional organs Mr, Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso and Mr Schultz, had tonight at
7.30pm, on his own inititiave, a telephone communication with the President of
the European Council Mr Rompuy.
During the conversation, among others issues, the President of the Republic
briefed Mr Van Rompuy on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem and more
specifically on the efforts to achieve an agreement on a substantive joint
communique that would allow the resumption of the talks with prospects for
completion.