Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (07.03.14) reports that the Turkish EU Minister and Chief Negotiator, Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that a lasting solution will be found to the Cyprus problemthis year and this will speed up Turkey’s accession process into the European Union.

Cavusoglu met yesterday at lunch organized by the Union ofChambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) with the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

In his statements Cavusoglu alleged thatTurkey “has done more than its bit” in Cyprus. He also said that when a lasting peace comes to Cyprus, both political stability will come up and very important opportunities from the point of view of economic growth. “And this will be in the benefit of everyone”, he noted adding that “developments which will influence the Middle East countries and all countries around the Mediterranean will happen