A solution, the UN chief said, "obviously requires more than a comprehensive and carefully balanced peace plan, it also needs bold and determined political leadership on both sides in the island, as well as in Greece and Turkey, all in place at the same time, ready to negotiate with determination and to convince their people of the need to compromise".
Generalni sekretar UN-a je dodao da rešenje «оčigledno zahteva više od sveobuhvatnog i pažljivo izbalansiranog mirovnog plana. Takođe je potrebno smelo i odlučno političko rukovodstvo na obe strane ostrva, kao i u Grčkoj i Turskoj, koje je spremno da pregovara sa odlučnošću i uveri svoj narod u neophodnost kompromisa».