“The reunification of our homeland can be achieved in the framework of a bizonal, bicommunal federation with a single sovereignty, a single citizenship and a single international personality, as set out in the relevant United Nations resolutions," Stefanos Stefanou argued.

“This is the basis of the negotiation, which has been set at the meetings that have taken place so far between Mr Christofias and Mr Talat," Mr Stefanou added.

Mr Stefanou further stated that the policy of President Christofias on the Cyprus problem, when he assumed the Presidency of the Republic last February, was consistency with principles and undertaking initiatives with the basic aim of breaking the stalemates and deadlocks which consolidate the partition of the island. He argued that:

“With the initiatives that the President has undertaken, in a short period of time, the negative climate that was unjustly created against us was reversed and the international community now credits us with readiness and good will for the solution of the Cyprus problem. At the same time the termination of immobility and the start of a dialogue between the two Cypriot communities on the level of the Working Groups and the Technical Committees were achieved."

“The aim of the dialogue”, he stressed “is to prepare the ground for direct talks between the President of the Republic and the Turkish Cypriot leader in order to achieve a comprehensive solution in Cyprus."