Greek FM: We are close to resolution in Cyprus

Speaking to reporters after taking over the post from ruling socialist PASOK party leader George Papandreou, Yannitsis said, “Thirty years after the [Cyprus Peace Operation], Cyprus will be integrated into the European Union in 2004, and its problem of division will be largely resolved.” He remarked that if the issue could be solved in the coming weeks, Greece’s own position in the EU would also be strengthened.