President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday discussed with Raffaele Fitto, the EU’s special representative for the Cyprus problem, the envoy’s planned trip to Turkey on 20 November for talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Government circles believe the key to progress on the issues Turkey wants to advance with the EU is the resumption of Cyprus talks from where they broke off at Crans-Montana in 2017. “This is the key to further progress,” they said.
The two men spoke by phone while Christodoulides was in Dublin, where he is attending the European Political Community summit on Thursday and an informal European Council on Friday. Fitto is also executive vice-president of the European Commission.
Following his talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Antalya, Turkey, on Wednesday, Christodoulides discussed with Fitto how the envoy would approach his contacts in Turkey. They also discussed the Cyprus problem and Schengen.
(Information from Cyprus News Agency)
