Baerbock: two-state solution not an option for Cyprus

Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has promised Cyprus support in its efforts to reunify with the northern part of the island. “Germany stands firmly by your side here,” she assured her Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides at a joint press conference in Berlin on Monday. There can only be a solution on the basis of the United Nations resolutions, she said. “A two-state solution for Cyprus is out of the question,” Baerbock stressed. Germany stands ready to support Cyprus in new proposals for dialogue with the north, she said.