Andros Kyprianou

Leaders of the Greek- and Cypriot-American diaspora, from the Hellenic American Leadership Council and the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus have responded to remarks by the Secretary-General of Cyprus' communist AKEL party, Andros Kyprianou, criticizing US policy in the eastern Mediterranean. The full text follows:

Voters in ethnically divided Cyprus have elected a Turkish Cypriot to the European Parliament for the first time since the island nation joined the 28-member bloc in 2004.

"The visit has achieved the objectives we set at the outset ? To meet the Turkish prime minister and foreign minister, who can take on board the positions of the Greek Cypriot side," said Greek Cypriot Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) head Andros Kyprianou on his return to the island after visiting Turkey over the weekend.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and AKEL party secretary general Andros Kyprianou met to discuss the negotiations of the Greek government with the Brussels Group, the economic situation of Greece and Cyprus, the Cyprus issue dominated a meeting on Monday.