Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades reaffirmed the two countries’ close cooperation geostrategic cooperation on Monday, expressing their joint commitment to promote a just solution for Cyprus.
“There is always close communication between our two governments,” the Greek PM said to the media, while welcoming the Cypriot President, who stressed that the “very close cooperation” between Greece and Cyprus “is the foundation for the efforts we are making to tackle both the Cyprus issue and other problems faced by the two countries.”Anastasiades also noted that the close cooperation developed by Athens and Nicosia in recent years had helped create broader regional and wider cooperation, and to “place the Cyprus issue on the right basis once again, in aspects that are important for the future.”
Describing how both leaders had took the opportunity to discuss during their meetings at summits, Tsipras said that this had allowed them “to make plans at close quarters for stability and peace in the wider region and to create the conditions for a fair and viable solution” to the Cyprus issue.
“I think that our steadfast stance has created the conditions for a broader support from international players for our efforts and for the recognition of this stance,” he said, adding that “the Greek government and Greeks will always have confidence in the Cypriot government and the Cypriot people for their choices.”
The two leaders discussed a range of issues ahead of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, as well as other trilateral and quadrilateral initiatives in the broader Mediterranean region. “Let us hope that developments in New York are such that they help in starting a creative dialogue once again, provided the Secretary General finds that the conditions are right,” he said.