Greece would rather not be Cyprus guarantor

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias on Friday said Greece was ready to give up it's right as a guarantor power to Cyprus adding that a solution to the Cyprus problem should be one without intervention rights or guarantor powers.

Kotzias made the comments in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia during an official visit to Russia and according to him, Greece, like Great Britain and Turkey were guarantor powers.

We do not want to have such rights,” and Greece wants Cyprus to be a “normal UN member state.

What the Greek government is aiming for, he went on to say, is to find a solution which no longer allows for intervention rights or guarantor powers.

Turkey appears to be having difficulties in adjusting to the world of the twenty-first century. No one can have another state as a protectorate or under occupation, Kotzias said.

The minister also thanked Russia for its stance on the Cyprus problem which he described as “a principled stance, based on international law.

Edited from Cyprus Mail