Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has urged leaders of both Turkey and the North, to proactively work towards a mutually agreeable settlement for the nation.

Greece is opposing Turkey's retainment of Aegean Sea airspace, according to Hellenic Foreign Ministry spokesman Constantinos Koutras.

Cypriot Defense Minister Christoforos Fokaides declared that the nation's divide must not be accepted in effect.