Seizing the opportunity for a Cyprus deal

'Ensuring Ukraine's fiscal, humanitarian and recovery needs are met is as much a part of sustaining Ukraine's war effort as tanks and materiel,' says Nusrat Ghani, seen in a June 2023 file photo.

The existing parameters of the United Nations are flexible enough to facilitate a settlement to the Cyprus dispute that addresses the priorities of both sides on the ethnically split Mediterranean island, Nusrat Ghani, the UK's minister of state for Europe, says. Ghani spoke to Kathimerini on the sidelines of the Delphi Economic Forum.

Greece and the UK have sorted out a lot of their pending issues connected with Brexit through a somewhat institutional framework. The two countries have a long-standing bilateral relationship in a lot of fields, nonetheless I must say that sometimes we feel that more could be done. Have you engaged with your Greek interlocutors in sectors where the UK and Greece could be closer partners?

I've seen firsthand during my time in Athens and Delphi that the relationship between the UK and Greece is indeed long-standing and...

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