Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has pledged to get well prepared,in the next few months, in view of a fresh effort aiming at the settlement of the Cyprus problem.
In statements he made on Sunday, President Anastasiades said that during the next few months the government will prepare well, so that the beginning of a new negotiating process will signal a new era for Cyprus, with hope and prospects.
The aim, he said, is to lift the Turkish occupation, to reunify the country and to turn it into a modern European state.
A state, he added where the protection of human rights will come first; a state which will offer to all its citizens the prospect of progress and prosperity.
Despite the fact that the economy is right now a top priority, the problem of the division of Cyprus is equally as important he stressed, noting that it would be inconceivable to focus our attention only on prosperity without working for a free country.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.