Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, is taking part to the Foreign Affairs Council meeting taking place on 20 July 2023 in Brussels. Cypriot FM referred with reporters to the EU-Turkey relations.
"For Cyprus, that future has a very specific past. Turkey's assessment can only be benchmark-oriented, merit-based, phased, proportionate and subject to established conditionalities. This is what the European Council has repeatedly concluded. Moreover, Turkey's aspirations pass through Cyprus. We expect the speedy resumption of substantive negotiations leading to a solution of the Cyprus problem. Today is a difficult day for us. It marks 49 years since Turkish invasion in Cyprus. That is 17,987 days. This has to stop", Kombos said.
