Day: June 17, 2021

Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order, Emily Yiolitis, resigned Thursday pointing out that continuous press reports about her possible replacement after a Cabinet reshuffle and her presentation as the “weakest link” of the government are making her presence at the Ministry unproductive and particularly problematic.

In a resignation letter to the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, Yiolitis says that she was surprised that the President told her that her presence affects the image of the government and of himself, when he called him eralier on Thursday to ask him about the reports.

“To my great surprise you conveyed to me that my presence in the Cabinet affects the image of the government but also yours.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

President of Cyprus ?icos Anastasiades said on Thursday that in the upcoming meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Brussels, he will convey the readiness of the Greek Cypriot side to participate in a new dialogue, based on the UN resolutions, the 2014 joint statement and the convergences achieved so far in the Cyprus talks.

Speaking to the press before an event organized to honor the political convicts of the EOKA liberation struggle, in Nicosia, the President said that we are ready for a new dialogue that will lead to a viable and functional solution that does not deviate from the principles of the United Nations.

Replying to a question as to what he will tell the UNSG during the meeting, the President said that he will tell him that everything should move within the framework of the UN resolutions and his mandate.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, held on Thursday a telephone conversation with the new Prime Minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett, congratulating him on the formation of a coalition government and the assumption of his duties.

According to a written statement by Government Spokesman Kyriakos Koushos, the Prime Minister of Israel thanked President Anastasiades and expressed his readiness to cooperate with him and the people of Cyprus to further strengthen the already excellent relations between the two countries.

During the telephone conversation, President Anastasiades expressed satisfaction with the excellent level of cooperation between Cyprus and Israel as well as his readiness to cooperate with the new Government of Israel, to further strengthen the strategic relationship that the two states have developed in recent years.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The United States and the Republic of Cyprus made another important step in strengthening their international cooperation and partnership in the area of military training and security. On Thursday the US welcomed in their Embassy, in Nicosia, the first 8 officers from the National Guard, who are going to participate in the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program, offered by the US to Cyprus.

Speaking during a ceremony at the Embassy, US Ambassador Judith Garber noted that it was just a year ago that the US announced that the Republic of Cyprus will become the newest partner in IMET.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, will hold a meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on June 25 in Brussels, on the sidelines of the European Council meeting that will take place in the Belgian capital on June 24-25 and to which Guterres has been invited.

CNA has learned that the meeting has been scheduled to take place on June 25 at 10.30 am. This is the first meeting between Anastasiades and Guterres since the 5+1 informal meeting on Cyprus that took place in Geneva at the end of April.

They are expected to discuss the current situation as regards the Cyprus problem and the prospects of convening a new informal meeting on Cyprus, given the Turkish position in favour of a two-state solution and the moves of the Turkish side in the fenced off city of Famagusta. The UNSG`s special envoy on Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute, will visit Nicosia at th

Source: Cyprus News Agency