Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-02-25
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[01] Christofias in Athens next week
[01] Christofias in Athens next week
NICOSIA (ANA-MPA - A. Viketos) The Cyprus Republic's newly-elected
president Dimitris Christofias on Monday announced that he will be
visiting Athens next week, immediately after he officially takes
over his new duties as president.
Christofias made the announcement shortly after his meeting with
Greece's Ambassador to Cyprus Dimitris Rallis, who visited him to
convey the congratulations of Greece's state and political
leadership on his election and express the support of the Greek
government and the Greek people in Nicosia's efforts to solve the
Cyprus issue.
"The priority at this time is the unity of the people and achieving
the main goal, which is to achieve a viable and functional solution
to the Cyprus problem," Rallis said in statements after the
meeting.
Christofias also revealed that he had spoken on the phone with
Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on Monday and agreed to a
"first meeting of an exploratory nature" that is to take place after
he is sworn into office and has returned from his visits abroad.
In addition to Greece, the new president intends to visit Brussels
in order to attend the EU spring summit.
In Athens, meanwhile, government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos on
Monday announced that Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has followed
up his phone call to Christofias on Sunday with a letter
congratulating him on his election victory.
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