Mitsotakis to Christodoulides: Our coordination is more necessary than ever (Update)

The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is presently gathering with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, astatine the Maximos Mansion.

“We are approaching the UN General Assembly, and arsenic always, Greece and Cyprus are coordinating their developments. Once again, we volition person the accidental to reappraisal events during a clip of turmoil successful the Middle East. Greece and Cyprus are pillars of stability. Especially successful this context, coordination is much indispensable than ever,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during their speech successful beforehand of the cameras.

The gathering is taking spot 2 days aft a captious furniture gathering successful Cyprus regarding the Greece-Cyprus energy interconnection project, with each possibilities inactive unfastened concerning the imaginable last statement that would enactment the task connected the way to implementation.

For Greece, a cardinal prerequisite for the task to proceed is archetypal reaching an statement connected regulatory issues, portion Cyprus besides needs to lend €100 cardinal to enactment successful the equity superior of the Great Sea Interconnector.

“It is simply a task of large value and precocious cost, and arsenic you understand, it is the work of each authorities to combat for the due allocation of the cost. What does outgo mean? It means a load for each state. This is the work of a authorities toward its citizens,” commented authorities spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis connected SKAI, giving an denotation of the topics discussed by Mitsotakis and Christodoulides today.

“I tin guarantee you that if the project’s fiscal viability is secured, it volition spell ahead, and immoderate geopolitical risks volition beryllium overcome,” the Prime Minister had stated astatine the Thessaloniki International Fair.

Regarding the imaginable resumption of talks connected the Cyprus issue, which is expected to beryllium connected the meeting’s agenda, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis acceptable the code successful a code yesterday during an lawsuit marking the 25th day of the decease of Yiannos Kranidiotis.

“I person the sense, beloved Mr. President, that the conditions are somewhat favorable. I consciousness that Greece’s presumption successful the world, particularly arsenic it prepares to presume a non-permanent spot connected the UN Security Council for the adjacent 2 years, our planetary footprint, the betterment successful Greece-Turkey relations, and the progressive prioritization of the Cyprus contented wrong the model of the United Nations, supply comparatively fertile crushed for america to restart discussions. Division is ne'er acceptable, but a solution volition lone travel done dialogue,” said Mr. Gerapetritis, addressing the President of the Republic of Cyprus.