20/1/14

Announcement by the Presidency of the Republic



  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.