1. Talat

The Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, on Friday called on President Christofias to relaunch negotiations within the plan prepared by the United Nations in order to establish two equal states based on two communities in Cyprus. He told participants of the 11th Islamic Conference of Organization in Dakar that he hoped a solution could be found in 2008.In its final communiqué the OIC reaffirmed its support for the Turkish Cypriots and called for an end to their isolation asking the international community to remove the sanctions as a first step.

2. Foreign Minister
Cyprus' Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou in an interview with CyBC said the EU's stand towards Cyprus is very positive and is willing to contribute to efforts to finding a solution by putting pressure on Turkey. He added that the EU was acknowledges the good will of the G/C side to start talks with the aim of finding a solution and at the same time is somewhat annoyed at the letter the Turkish PM sent to EU leaders which was basically ignored.


3. Greens
The Cyprus problem cannot be reduced to simply a question of opening of roadblocks and the opening of Ledra Street cannot be considered as a step towards progress, Giorgos Perdikis, the head of the Cyprus Green party said.