MAY CALLS FOR “LEADERSHIP AND FLEXIBILITY” BY ALL SIDES IN PHONE CALL WITH TSIPRAS ON CYPRUS

Theresa May has repeated her call for “flexibility by all sides” involved in the ongoing Conference on Cyprus in a telephone conversation she had this morning with her Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras.

Theresa May: The UK will do it all it can to support a settlement.

A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister praised the constructive role that both parties have played to reach this point and reiterated that there is a major opportunity to be seized.

“She added that any agreement requires all sides to show leadership and flexibility and that the UK will do it all it can to support a settlement.”

Prime Minister May had also spoken with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Monday. She had noted that “we now have a unique opportunity to reach a settlement” and that in order to reach a final outcome “there will have to be flexibility on all sides.”


Article written by CNA