Statements by the
Government Spokesman
after a meeting of the
National Council
The President of the
Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, presided today over a National
Council meeting at the Presidential Palace.
After the meeting, the
Government Spokesman, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, told the press that
the President and the Greek Cypriot interlocutor, Mr Andreas
Mavroyiannis, briefed the members of the National Council on the
latest developments on the Cyprus problems with regard to the second
phase of the negotiations that began on 6 May.
He added that “our side
is working constructively so that it will be possible to have common
ground, create convergences and to also narrow the distance between
the positions of the two sides in order to be able to enter into the
third phase, the so-called 'give-and-take'. For this to happen, the
Turkish Cypriot side must submit proposals on all the core issues, as
it has publicly committed to do, both by the joint communiqué and
Mrs Buttenheim’s statement of 2 June.”
Replying to a question,
the Government Spokesman said that “it is very important that the
international community, those countries that have an interest in the
developments on the Cyprus problem, realize that there must be a
submission of proposals on all the core issues,” pointing out that
"this has been the steady Greek Cypriot position over time that
is fully understood, otherwise we cannot proceed to the phase of
'give-and-take' if we discuss only issues that interest one of the
two sides .”
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