Talks about the status of Cyprus were held during a dinner at the Officers' Club at the 8th Division in Ioannina. President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias also said, whilst addressing the attendants, that he would keep sustaining Greece's efforts to make the neighbouring Balkans an area of cooperation, peaceful coexistence and progress, and supporting the European prospects of countries in the area, while noting that Athens was closely monitoring developments in Kosovo.