Cyprus Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the aim is for Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots to work together in order to protect the national cheese “halloumi” or “hellim” from foreign imitators.
Christodoulides, who was commenting on publications which appeared in the Cypriot press on the matter, assured that “the government is monitoring the matter very closely, in cooperation with Brussels and the relevant departments here in Cyprus”.
He said the government is aware that UN Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide had, among others, broached the matter of the Cypriot cheese during meetings he had in Brussels and that Turkish Cypriots have for some time now taken consecutive steps expressing “in our view, unjustified and untimely concerns”.
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