Christodoulides meets Spanish counterpart

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides had a meeting with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares Bueno in Nicosia on Wednesday saying they both stood to gain from increased cooperation.

“Delighted to welcome my Spanish colleague @jmalbares to #Cyprus, to continue the open talks we had in #Spain last week,” Christodoulides wrote on Twitter.

“As like-minded countries of European south, bound by strong ties of friendship & converging interests, both Cyprus and Spain stand to gain from increased cooperation,” he added.

In the meantime, in a tweet, the Spanish ministry of foreign affairs also referred to the meeting saying that Albares would visit Unficyp, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus accompanied by new chief Colin Stewart.

Diplomatic sources told CNA that the Albares` presence in Cyprus was extremely important as it follows the meeting the ministers had last week in Madrid in the framework of President Nicos Anastasiades` visit there, and a few days after the foreign affairs council in Brussels.

The same sources told CNA that the message from the meeting is clear that both countries strongly believe that enhancing the bilateral cooperation and coordination is to the benefit of Cyprus and Spain  especially in issues of mutual interest on EU agenda such as EU`s relations with third countries including Turkey, migration crisis, Med-9  and cooperation with the UK in the post Brexit era.