The corresponding message was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"The head of the Cypriot foreign ministry expressed concern over the sharp complication of the situation around the closed Varosha district of the city of Famagusta and its consequences for the prospects for a Cyprus settlement," the Russian ministry said.
It is noted that Lavrov emphasized his commitment to "strict implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions providing for the creation in Cyprus of a two-zone bicommunal federation through direct negotiations between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities."
In October 2020, the foreign ministers of the EU member states called on Turkey to reconsider the decision to reopen the coast of Varosha, a resort area of Famagusta located in the buffer zone of Cyprus.
The location was closed in 1974 after the occupation of part of Cyprus by Turkish troops and the partition of the island.
According to a 1984 UN Security Council resolution, an empty city can only be populated by its original inhabitants.