Statements by the Government Spokesman after President Christofias meeting with Mr A. Downer
“The Government acts with an aim and preventively on the Cyprus problem”, the Government Spokesman Mr Demetris Christofias stated yesterday. In statements to the press, after the meeting of the President of the Republic Mr Demetris Christofias with the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Mr Alexander Downer at the Presidential Palace, Mr Stefanou said: “The President of the Republic had a meeting today with Mr Downer in the context of the meetings and the exchange of views they have on the course of the negotiations on the Cyprus problem. As always, the President of the Republic, with much sincerity, submitted the positions of the Greek Cypriot side clearly, both regarding the process followed and the aims we have for the solution, which are also clear”. Invited to comment on the statements of the Russian Foreign Minister Mr Sergei Lavrov on the Cyprus problem, Mr Stefanou said: “The positions of Mr Lavrov and of Russia are clear both as regards the process for an agreed solution to the Cyprus problem and the substance of the Cyprus problem. Of course the positions of Russia are clear, very firm and based on principles. It is not inadvertent that the Republic of Cyprus had, through the Foreign Minister, this contact with Mr Lavrov. The Republic of Cyprus, the Cyprus Government and the President of the Republic act preventively, so that the process of the negotiations is supported, with the aim to achieve an agreed solution, which will be based also on the agreed basis for a bizonal, bicommunal federation. Therefore, we act with an aim and preventively on the Cyprus problem”.
