UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eid believes that UN-approved discussions between Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots will resume.

Turkish-Cypriot daily newspaper Kibris published Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments in the article, "We will carry out efforts to use natural gas as a means for peace".

Havadis Newspaper, a Turkish-Cypriot daily publication, reported that the Barbaros seismic vessel's activities of illegally exploring in the Republic of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone, is a sign that the North does in fact want to collaborate with the South.