ANKARA
Turkey's European Union Minister Egemen Bagis on Monday said the election of a new Greek Cypriot leader should be seized as a fresh opportunity to end the division of the island.
"The Greek Cypriots have elected a new leader for themselves not 'a president.' In the past, the new Greek Cypriot leader has aptly supported the Annan Plan aimed at securing the reunification. But this apt attitude will not mean anything unless it is valid today," Bagis told the Anadolu Agency after the election of Nicos Anastasiades as the new leader of the Greek Cypriot administration receiving 57.48 percent of the votes.
"I hope a lasting settlement would arrive on the island one day and a legitimate president of the United States of Cyprus would be elected," Bagis said.
