President Nicos Anastasiades was on Tuesday briefing party leaders on his idea of a decentralized federation as a form of settlement.

Turkish officials continued to adopt belligerent rhetoric against Greece and Cyprus, as the country’s Minister of Defence, General Hulusi Akar warned that Turkey would not accept any fait accompli actions in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.

The two Cypriot children that had been kidnapped earlier on Tuesday have been found after police utilised information provided by a citizen that led them to the location of the two 11-year-olds and the capture of their kidnapper.