Russia and Cyprus share common positions on Cyprus issue

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stressed the common positions of Russia and Cyprus as regards the settlement of the Cyprus question and the high level of their bilateral cooperation in a press release on the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Cyprus Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers at Corfu.

The press release said that during the meeting the two Ministers expressed explicitly the common positions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cyprus in favour of a comprehensive, just and viable settlement of the Cyprus question, on the basis of the UN Security Council relevant resolutions.

It also noted that the two Ministers exchanged views on the current situation of the Russian-Cypriot relations and reaffirmed the high-level of their partnership in various fields of their bilateral cooperation.