French President Francois Hollande is expected to visit Cyprus on December 9, to discuss the Cyprus problem, government spokesperson Nikos Christodoulides has said on Saturday.
Christodoulides confirmed the French President’s visit in a tweet in Greek, after an announcement from the Greek Prime Minister’s office said Hollande would be make a forthcoming visit to the island.
Tsipras and Hollande discussed the Cyprus issue on the side-lines of a meeting in Abu Dhabi for UNESCO’s Safeguarding Cultural Heritage Conference.
The announcement said that “In view of President Hollande’s forthcoming visit to Cyprus, the two men [Tsipras and Hollande] welcomed the restart of peace talks and discussed development on the matter. In this framework, the two underlined the importance of the Cyprus problem for EU-turkey relations and the need for Ankara’s aggressive rhetoric to stop.”
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The announcement added that Hollande and Tsipras also discussed the conclusion of the second evaluation of the Greek financial reform program.
Both leaders have emphasised the importance of reaching an agreement on a technical level, before the Eurogroup meeting on December 5, and for measures of debt relief to be taken by the end of the year.
Tsipras and Hollande also discussed EU relations with Turkey and the need for the EU-Turkey agreement on the migration crisis to continue, along with NATO activity in the Aegean.
Source: CNA
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