British High Commissioner Peter Millett reiterated today London’s opposition to partition in Cyprus, stressing that the perception that “we are in some sort of upgrading the north is completely wrong”. Speaking at a reception at the High Commission, Millett also reiterated “yet again our firm commitment, our determination to work with Cyprus as one of

The government is certain that the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime, in northern Turkish occupied Cyprus, cannot and will not be recognised as it is the outcome of expansion, violence and illegality. Speaking on the 24th anniversary since the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by the Turkish Cypriots, Government Spokesman Vasilis Palmas also said that the

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to open additional embassies abroad, Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoulli has told the House Finance Committee.Speaking during a debate on the Ministry’s 2008 budget before the Committee, Marcoulli said the Ministry has drafted a five-year programme to open and operate 25 new diplomatic missions.These will open at EU member states,

The report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy programme should be sufficient ground for “Iran’s file” to be sent back to the IAEA and not head for discussions at the UN Security Council, said Iran’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Ali Reza Bikdeli. Speaking at a press

The family of a Greek Cypriot, missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, has filed an application before the European Course of Human Rights against Turkey. A press release issued by the lawyer of the family, Christos Triantafyllides said that the recourse was filed after it was ascertained through coronary exams that Demetris Koutras

Turkey’s attempts to introduce religious elements in the question of Cyprus is worrying, Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos said here today, pointing out that Ankara has always aimed at establishing two separate states on the island. ”Now Turkey spells out this policy publicly and officially. What is worse and worrying is that Turkish President Abdullah Gul

Russia’s special representative for Cyprus Leonid Abramov has expressed support for a UN-brokered agreement, in July last year, providing for preparatory discussions to help resume substantive negotiations, leading to a comprehensive settlement. In statements to the press after a meeting with Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, Abramov, who was earlier received by President Tassos Papadopoulos,