United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is set to undertake a new initiative on Cyprus when there is a chance to reach an agreement between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides, Javier Solana, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy with the European Union, has said, according to the official <i>CNA</i> news agency.
Responding to questions by Cypriot MP Nicos Anastasiades, leader of the rightwing Democratic Rally party, at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Solana said he had discussed this issue with Annan, who had informed him of his intentions with regard to a fresh initiative on Cyprus, the agency added.
Asked by another Cypriot parliamentarian Yiannakis Omirou, leader of the sociademocrats EDEK, if the EU would give the UN its active support, should a new initiative get underway, Solana said the EU had done all it could to support Annan's effort to solve the question of Cyprus.
