A number of Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political parties came together on Wednesday as part of routine roundtable meetings hosted by the Slovak Embassy in South Cyprus.

A joint communiqué was issued at the end of the meeting held at the Ledra Palace hotel in the UN buffer zone.

The political parties expressed opinions on the topic proposed by the hosting party – the United Cyprus Party (BKP): “Cyprus problem can only be solved by reaching a federal solution. What kind of common struggle should be organized to reach a united Cyprus?”

“They agreed that negotiations should be restarted as soon as possible and that the Cyprus problem can be solved only in the framework of a united federal Cyprus, according to the relevant UN resolutions and the EU acquis communautaire,” it read.

They further expressed the view that the Karpaz peninsula, just as all other ecologically sensitive areas in Cyprus, should remain to be used for purely environmental and cultural purposes and not as military areas.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 25 January 2023 with Greek Cypriot Cyprus Greens Party (CGP) as the hosting party.