By Antonis Anzoletou

There are many and useful conclusions drawn by the Greek government from the NATO meeting. The mobility in the diplomatic field is very great and the challenges in the national issues that Athens has to face are many. The Cypriot is again in the foreground and “calm waters” lead the relevant discussions to safer “holes” for the first time. The difficulties are given and known.

“Fifty years after the Turkish invasion, Cyprus must finally cease to be the last divided state located within European territory and there must be a fair, sustainable and sustainable solution to the Cyprus issue”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said yesterday from Washingtonmarking the efforts of Greece and Cyprus.

The telephone lines of Athens – Nicosia have hit “red” in the last few hours ahead of it visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Nicosia next Saturday. The parallel presence of Tayyip Erdogan in the occupied territories is the first “crash test”.

With the guidance of the UN, it seems that the start of the dialogue is back on track. During yesterday’s meeting with Antonio Guterres, the Greek Prime Minister expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary General and his personal envoy Maria Angela Holgin to restart the talks. Mr. Mitsotakis underlined the fact that Cyprus remains divided 50 years after the tragedy of ’74. This is an – as he said – unacceptable situation.

According to diplomatic sources, the desire of both the Greek side and the Secretary General was expressed to exhaust all possibilities for the resumption of talks.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined that Ms. Holgin’s proposals are awaited to determine if there is common ground for the resumption of talks. It goes without saying that it should be without deviations from the framework of the SA decisions. of the UN. The Greek position boils down to the fact that repeating the past is not useful and Athens’ desire is nothing more than the resumption of talks. The positions of Antonio Guterres are awaited with particular interest in the coming period.

It is recalled that the last major effort to bring the two sides together was stopped in 2017. There was no progress on the issue of guarantees and security, despite the fact that, albeit informally, the Greek Cypriot side was willing to discuss even what were considered as “agreed » cross-community funds. The reason for the collapse was Turkey’s refusal to back down from the position of maintaining the intervention right and guarantees for at least 15 years.