Larnaca, 28/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - After a meeting of the European Federation of Green Parties, held in Larnaca, in Cyprus, the Greens of the European Parliament invited the Greek and Turkish Cypriots to join forces to seek a solution to the island's problem. The deadlock of the official negotiations on reunification of Cyprus can "only be solved by a mobilisation of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot population and parties in both parts of the island who believe that a federal solution is possible and who are willing to work in that direction", said Heidi Hautala, Co-Chair of the Greens Group at the EP. She announced that the group will be calling on the EU to provide budgetary support to bi-communal projects in Cyprus, as an important "element of confidence-building" between the two parties. Monica Frassoni, Italian Green member of the EU/Cyprus parliamentary delegation, expressed the hope that the delegation would, during its visit to Cyprus on 17 April, also meet representatives from the north of the island, on condition that this is in no way interpreted as recognising northern Cyprus as an independent state.