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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-05-24
CONTENTS
[01] RUSSIAN ENVOY - CYPRUS PROBLEM
[02] HOLY SYNOD - ARCHBISHOPRIC ELECTIONS
[01] RUSSIAN ENVOY - CYPRUS PROBLEM
Russian Foreign Ministry`s Special Representative for Cyprus Leonid
Abramov has said the UN role in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem
should be further strengthened within the framework of the UN Security
Council five permanent members, adding that his country has not changed
and will not change its principled position on Cyprus.
Abramov, who is visiting Cyprus, was received by House President
Demetris Christofias, with whom he discussed the present phase of the
Cyprus problem.
According to a House of Representatives press release, Christofias
expressed the Cypriot people`s appreciation for the consistent position
of principles, which the friendly country of Russia maintains on the
Cyprus problem.
[02] HOLY SYNOD - ARCHBISHOPRIC ELECTIONS
The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus decided by majority to carry out
elections for the seat of Archbishop on September 24, 2006.
Last week, a broad meeting of senior clergymen, chaired by the head of
the Greek Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew, convened in
Switzerland and decided to honourably vacate the position of Archbishop
of the Church of Cyprus, a decision that paved the way for elections
for a new Archbishop.
Archbishop Chrysostomos has been incapacitated for the past four years
and is unable to perform his duties as the head of the Church.
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