Farmers Suspend Protests After Meeting with Minister

Farmers' organizations have announced the temporary postponement of protests scheduled for Monday, following an emergency meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Maria Panayiotou.

In a joint statement by the organizations PEK, EKA, Panagrotikos, Nea Agrotiki Kinisi, Evroagrotikos and POS, it is stated that all the problems for which the mobilizations had been announced were discussed. The organizations decided to give additional time to the competent services to resolve the issues.

The farmers' organizations thanked the Minister of Agriculture for initiating the meeting, as well as the officials of the state services who participated.

The meeting was attended by officials from KOAP, the Director of the Department of Agriculture, and senior officials from the Ministry of Interior, from the Land Registry and the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service.