He also called for genuine efforts towards reaching a solution to end Cyprus's nearly four-decade ethnic division, one of the reasons for Turkey's stalled EU accession progress.
Takođe je pozvao na iskrene napore u pravcu postizanja rešenja za okončanje skoro četrdesetogodišnje etničke podele Kipra, što je jedan od razloga za zastoj Turke u pridruživanju EU.