Meeting between the General Secretary of the C.C. of AKEL and the Deputy Political Director of the UK Foreign Office
19 October 2021, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia
The General Secretary of AKEL Stefanos Stefanou met this morning with the Deputy Political Director of the UK Foreign Office Ajay Sharma. Present at the meeting were the British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie and the Head of the Cyprus Problem Bureau of the C.C. of AKEL Toumazos Tsielepis.
The discussion focused on the current situation surrounding the Cyprus problem, the deadlock in the negotiations and the numerous side-effects that arise. Views were also exchanged on the steps that can be taken in order to create the preconditions for the resumption of the negotiation procedure.
The General Secretary of AKEL S.Stefanou stressed that this is exactly what AKEL’s proposal is aiming at, providing at the same time incentives in relation to natural gas which do not go beyond the “red lines” of the Greek Cypriot side. Indeed S.Stefanou recalled that this is precisely what the Secretary General of the UN has repeatedly called for in the Reports he has submitted.
