Brown pledges to contribute to Cyprus solution

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown said his government “can and will” contribute a solution in Cyprus.

Brown, who attended a reception On Wednesday given at the Foreign Office in London by British Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint, for Cypriots living in the UK, said that the solution of the Cyprus problem must come from Cypriots themselves.

“You know that we in Britain believe that we can play a part and want to play a part in a solution that obviously is by Cypriots but a solution we believe we can help and do everything we can to do so”, he said.

“And I just pledge to you that I would do everything that I can for President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat by putting my views to the Turkish government as I did to the Turkish President and the Turkish Prime Minister only in the last few weeks”, he added. He said that one of the historical challenges is the unity of Cyprus “and what we can do together to make that possible”.

“The opportunities for Cyprus are enormous,” said Brown. “What you share as aims and objectives we share too and we want to work with you to achieve these great aims”. He also thanked Cypriots living in the UK for their contribution to Britain. “I thank you for all you do and contribute to our country, thank you for what you do in your individual communities here in Britain, thank you for the relations you build between Britain and Cyprus and thank you for being here”, he concluded.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.