Cyprus sees role for India |
President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, will ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi if there is any way he can help in his country`s efforts to reunify the northern and southern parts of Cyprus, he told a group of visiting journalists .This he will seek when he visits New Delhi from April 25, with four ministers and a strong business delegation. Although President Anastasiades felt it was too early to predict how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might behave as regards the Cyprus question, he said he would ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he has any kind of possibility to intervene on the Cyprus question. The Indian government supports it on the basis of the U.N. resolution. It is going to be very welcome — any initiative by the Indian government. This is to recall that President Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci, the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, have been engaged in a dialogue to find a solution.In 1974 Turkey invaded Cyprus, overran parts of it and has since stationed troops in the north. There is a ceasefire line that cuts across Cyprus, monitored by U.N. troops. His remarks assume importance considering the Turkish leader Erdogan will be in New Delhi following at the heels of the visit of President Anastasiades.
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