21/1/14

Announcement by the Presidency of the Republic


The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, following his telephone communication yesterday with the President of the European Council, Mr Herman Van Rompuy, communicated today by telephone, on his own initiative, with the President of the European Commission, Mr José Manuel Barroso, and the President of the European Parliament, Mr Martin Schulz.


In the course of their conversations, the President of the Republic briefed Mr Barroso and Mr Schulz, among other issues, about the latest developments on the Cyprus problem and more specifically on the efforts to achieve an agreement on a substantive joint communiqué that would allow the resumption of the talks with prospects for completion.

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