Statements by Stavri Kalopsidiotou, member of the Cyprus Problem Office of AKEL and member of the Central Committee of AKEL:

President Nicos Christodoulides’ difficulty expressing a clear position on the Guterres Framework and approaches raises concerns

The appointment of the UN Secretary General’s Cyprus Personal Envoy on Cyprus and the first round of contacts made marked the beginning of a new effort to resume the negotiations on the Cyprus problem after a 7-year stalemate noted Stavri Kalopsidiotou, member of the Central Committee of AKEL and AKEL candidate for the European Parliament elections.

Speaking to ‘Astra’ radio, Stavri Kalopsidiotou also mentioned the contacts of the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy with civil society so far, and expressed the view that these contacts made the effort to restart the dialogue in a more inclusive manner more important.

Stavri Kalopsidiotou recalled that AKEL has been maintaining contacts with the Turkish Cypriot community for years and has recently created joint working groups with the Republican Turkish Party, also mentioning that the proposals that AKEL presented to the President of the Republic for measures towards Turkish Cypriots are also within this framework.

AKEL Central Committee member and European Parliamentary candidate Stavri Kalopsidiotou, who said that President Nikos Christodoulides is having difficulty in expressing a clear position on the adoption of the Guterres Framework and the convergences agreed so far, pointed out that this generates concern.