Speaking at a joint news conference with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias during her five-hour visit to Nicosia, Merkel praised the Greek Cypriot side's efforts and appeared to criticise Turkish Cypriots for not doing enough to reach an agreement.
Na zajedničkoj konferenciji za novinare sa kiparskim predsednikom Dimitrisom Kristofijasom, tokom svoje petočasovne posete Nikoziji, Merkelova je pohvalila napore strane kiparskih Grka i očigledno kritikovala kiparske Turke da ne čine dovoljno u pogledu postizanja sporazuma.