Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades briefed on Thursday Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the results of his meetings in Jordan. The two leaders discussed, during a meeting they had in Malta, the current phase of the Cyprus problem, in view of Tsipra`s forthcoming visit to Turkey.
Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said, in a written statement, that during their meeting Anastasiades and Tsipras exchanged views on the state of play in the region and the need to address, through joint initiatives, such as the trilateral meetings of Cyprus-Greece-Egypt and Cyprus-Greece-Israel, common challenges, and take joint action to the benefit of the peoples of the region.
According to Christodoulides, President Anastasiades and Premier Tsipras had a long meeting in Malta, during which the President briefed the Prime Minister on the results of his meetings in Jordan with the King and the Prime Minister of the country.
“More specifically, President Anastasiades informed the Greek Prime Minister on his discussions in Jordan about the immigration issue, as well as about the joint conclusion on the need to promote ad hoc meetings of the states of the region, with a view to solve concrete problems and challenges which these states face,” the spokesman said.
He added that “the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister of Greece exchanged, on the occasion of Tsipras` forthcoming trip to Turkey, views on the current phase of the Cyprus problem, the issues discussed at the negotiating table, and noted the need for Turkey to contribute substantively to the effort underway.”
Christodoulides said that Anastasiades and Tsipras, in view of the Informal European Council Summit, exchanged views on the need to address the problem focusing, inter alia, on the causes of this phenomenon, and on the need to help all the countries that host a significant number of refugees.
The spokesman went on to say that in view of Anastasiades` meetings on Friday with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as Tsipra`s visit to Israel and Palestine, at the end of November, the two leaders “exchanged views on the state of play in the region and the need to address, through joint initiatives, as the trilateral meetings of Cyprus-Greece-Egypt and Cyprus-Greece-Israel, common challenges, and take joint actions to the benefit of the peoples of the region.”