Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and US Vice President Joe Biden met informally today on the sidelines of the Davos Economic Forum and, according to an official press release in Athens, have agreed that some sort of reinforcement of the already “positive dynamic” of the negotiations for a solution to the long-lasting Cyprus problem could be possible. No further details have been given by the Greek delegation at the Swiss alpine resort.
An official announcement from the Prime Minister’s office in Athens says Tsipras and Biden agreed that a just and viable solution in Cyprus, based on numerous UN resolutions and also on the fact that Cyprus is a member-state of the EU should be reached. Tsipras told Biden that the feeling of safety for the all the people of Cyprus, Greek and Turkish Cypriots, can no longer be ensured through the anachronistic, as he said, decrees of some guarantor powers, namely Turkey, Greece and Britain.
It is not known in Athens what, if any, reaction there was from Vice President Biden when he talked with Tsipras about the Cyprus issue.
Biden and the Greek Premier are said to have discussed a wide range of other matters, namely the economic situation in Greece, the refugee problem, the cooperation between Washington and Athens on bilateral issues but especially on energy matters, and finally on the also long lasting unsolved problem regarding the naming of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia.
