"Parties meet for a fresh start
By Jean Christou
NEW IDEAS from both sides are what is needed to move forward on the Cyprus issue, the Greek Cypriot European Party and the Turkish Cypriot Peace and Democracy Movement agreed yesterday.
The two parties met at the European Party's offices, and discussed the Turkish Cypriot party's proposals for the normalisation of the relationship of the two communities.
''We agreed that any new ideas and proposals could stimulate the discussion about the Cyprus problem. We are already more than one-and-a-half years after the referendum and we believe that new ideas can help an initiative on the problem,'' European Party's President Demetris Syllouris said in statements after the meeting.
Mustafa Akinci, leader of the Peace and Democracy Movement, said that the real need is for the Cypriots to move to try to find common ground for themselves and save the future of their country and of the new generations."
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