The President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez and the President of Cyprus Nicos Jristodulidis symbolized this Tuesday. their alliances to try to accelerate the success of the Immigration and Asylum Pact. European Union.
Sánchez and Jristodulidis have committed to this goal in their joint declaration within the framework of the previous round of the Spanish Chief Executive. He will assume the six-month rotating presidency of the EU from 1 July..
for a tour Listen to the positions of European leaders ahead of issues to be negotiated during this presidency, including the Immigration and Asylum Pact that 27 countries initially promised to ratify before next year’s European elections.
However positions far apart and Sánchez try to bring them closer so that the scheduled time can be met.
In Cyprus, he found an ally, as the country’s president himself explained.
The Prime Minister defended progress in the outer dimension supporting migration, countries of origin and transit, taking into account the vision of countries such as Spain and Cyprus, where these movements first entered, and building bridges to prevent the division of Europe into blocs. against this problem
Goals that the Cypriot president fully supported during the Spanish EU presidency, and in particular by guaranteeing full support to Sánchez on this issue because he believes: “It’s time to deal”.
According to Sánchez, the Mediterranean “sea of peace, stability and prosperity” He has already said that a good relationship between the EU and its southern neighbors should also contribute.
If Sánchez gets the support of the Cypriot president on immigration, the Prime Minister promised to promote the dialogue process to find a solution to the division of Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion during Spain’s EU presidency.
Jristodulidis thanks Spain for their attitude and acknowledged that it could help restart the dialogue because of its good relations with Turkey.
According to him, his country and Spain have similar sensitivities. sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Sánchez stressed that Spain strongly supports finding a negotiated and final solution to the problem within the framework of international law and respect for UN resolutions.
“It should be embodied in an agreement based on a bi-communal and bi-zonal federation that facilitates peace and prosperity,” he said, before insisting he would work for it during his EU presidency.
In addition to the immigration problem and the division of Cyprus, Sánchez and his interlocutor talked about energy issues and the need to strengthen the clear strategic autonomy of the European Union.
Regarding the first of these two issues, There was full agreement that electricity market reform should be agreed before the end of the year..
In light of the proposal put forward by the European Commission on this issue, furthermore, the need to promote energy interconnections.
Both Spain and Cyprus are considered energy islands because of their particular situation, and the EU’s commitment to strengthening these interconnections is therefore of great importance.
Following his visit to Cyprus, Sánchez traveled to Malta this Tuesday to meet with his counterpart, Robert Abela, from that country.
This leg of your tour He will close on Wednesday in Rome with an interview with the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Melony.