Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (26.02.16) reports that Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in statements yesterday while briefing the Committee of Foreign Affairs of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) on Turkish Foreign Policy, referred, inter alia, to the latest developments on the Cyprus problem and expressed hopes that a solution will be reached within the year.
“Both sides achieved an important progress on the negotiation talks but still there are some thorny issues that needed to be solved”, Cavusoglu said, adding, that there is a consensus in the “TRNC” toward the solution.
“I hope that a viable solution will be found on the Cyprus problem within the year”, Cavusoglu added.
(AK)