In an interview with Havadis, Todd argued that the question which the Cypriots have to answer now is not whether they prefer the continuation of the status quo or to take the risk of a solution, but whether they prefer to take the risk of the solution or the risk of the non-solution. He noted that there are “very strong reasons” for proceeding towards the solution and at the same time there are also reasons related to preventing negative developments. “I do not want to seem like threatening for violence, but you cannot be certain that the incidents happening not very far from you will not come to Cyprus”, he argued adding that terrorism threatens the entire Europe and no country is exempted from this.
Todd expressed the UK’s support to the efforts of Espen Barth Eide, UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus, in the direction of the resumption of the talks and added that they encourage both sides to return to the negotiating table. He alleged that both sides are responsible for the fact that the negotiations could not resume.
Noting that a problem of lack of confidence exists between the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots, Todd said that the lack of confidence lies in the foundation of the disagreements at the negotiating table.