{"id":77919,"date":"2017-01-12T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6ca9a378e6bfe0f1e600c2afbeb7f78e"},"modified":"2017-01-12T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:55:00","slug":"press-release-foreign-secretary-and-minister-for-europe-to-attend-cypriot-led-talks-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=77919","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Foreign Secretary and Minister for Europe to attend Cypriot-led talks in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Their attendance at the UN-facilitated talks in Geneva on Thursday 12 January is part of the UK\u2019s ongoing support for the Cypriot-led settlement talks.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the talks, the Foreign Secretary said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I welcome the continued courage and commitment that has been shown by both sides. The talks in Geneva on the Cyprus settlement offer both sides a unique opportunity to find a solution. The UK fully supports the settlement process and is ready and willing to help in any way it can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I hope that all those involved will approach the talks with a sense of openness and flexibility. I believe that if approached in this light, a solution is in reach to bring lasting peace to Cyprus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Sd7I1UfdWw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at UN Geneva<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to Editors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The current round of Cyprus settlement negotiations started in May 2015 and has been led by the leaders of the 2 communities, facilitated by the UN.<\/li>\n<li>The UK is attending the Geneva talks from 12 January as a Guarantor Power (under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee). As such we have a longstanding commitment \u2013 alongside our Guarantor Power partners, Greece and Turkey \u2013 to support the 2 communities as they work to find a successful solution to the Cyprus problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Secretary on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\">@BorisJohnson<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/borisjohnson\">Facebook<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanDuncanMP\">@AlanDuncanMP<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson and Sir Alan Duncan will attend Cyprus settlement talks to offer UK support for the ongoing negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77930,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77919\/revisions\/77930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}