Nicos Anastasiades, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, provided members of the Cypriot diaspora in the UK with an update on the progress of the Cyprus issue and the UN settlement talks. The president spoke during a dinner organised in his honour in London by the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK.

“Anastasiades said that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and he share the same vision of Cypriots being in charge of their island, of Cyprus being reunited and of human rights being guaranteed, with all Cypriots being equal citizens of the EU,” CNA reported…Recognising this reality, noted the President, does not constitute an ‘upgrade’ or some effort to ‘prettify’ a leader, but it creates an essential personal relationship which permits a more candid dialogue.”