Dendias: UN Sec. Gen'l Guterres to call new unofficial meeting on Cyprus in 2-3 months

"Greece went to the unofficial five-part meeting called by the UN secretary general with aim of creating the conditions that would allow the restart of the negotiations within the context set explicitly by the UN Security Council, namely of a bizonal, bicommunal federation," said Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias after the conclusion of the meeting on the Cyprus issue in Geneva.

"We kept a constructive stance and did whatever possible along with the Republic of Cyprus to meet this goal," he stressed. "Unfortunately, it was not possible to find a common ground on the restart of the negotiations in this context due to the stance of the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish side," Dendias explained.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced that he will continue his efforts and will call a new unofficial five-part meeting which will be held in two or three months, Dendias said. He also noted, "We made it clear that Guterres' effort must be exerted within the agreed framework and within the context of his order, namely the relevant decisions of the UN Security Council on seeking a solution in the context of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, and we reiterated that UN Security Council resolutions are binding for al