Nuland’s visit indicates US interest in the Cyprus problem, says Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides noted the US interest in the Cyprus problem, on the occasion of the visit of the US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to Cyprus and her contacts on the island.

Kasoulides was responding to a journalist`s question on Wednesday on whether Nuland`s visit could create momentum regarding the lifting of the Cyprus deadlock. Speaking in Nicosia, on the sidelines of the announcement of the dispatch of a second humanitarian aid package from Cyprus to Ukraine, the Foreign Minister said that “the Cyprus problem cannot be placed on the sidelines of such major tectonic changes that are taking place for the security architecture of Europe, so I interpret Nuland`s visit as one of particular interest on the part of the United States.”

“The fact that Nuland`s visit will not only concern bilateral relations, but she is going to meet with the President of the Republic and the Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar, is indicative of that,” he added.

Moreover, asked about how the general developments of the war in Ukraine affect Cyprus` stance, Kasoulides stressed that Cyprus “ought to and must align itself with its partners in the European Union, where decisions are taken by unanimity. We believe that we had no right to take such an action which would prevent our partners from taking decisions.”

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results.

One response to “Nuland’s visit indicates US interest in the Cyprus problem, says Foreign Minister”

  1. george says:

    Nuland is only interested in her own agenda. She wants to destroy Russia and then China.

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