The President of the Republic received Mrs V. Nuland
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received today,
at the Presidential Palace, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, Mrs Victoria Nuland.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mrs Nuland noted the
following: “ I am very happy to be back in Cyprus. I think you know how strongly
the United States supports the work that is being done on both sides of the
island towards a settlement.
I had a very good meeting with President Anastasiades. He gave me a
very encouraging report on last night's leaders' meeting. It is clear that
progress is being made to take the agreements that the leaders are making and
bring them together and consolidate them.
As we always do, we also talked about US – Cyprus bilateral
relations. I congratulated the President on the fact that Cyprus is preparing
now to exit its IMF programme.
We also noted that US investment in Cyprus is up sevenfold over the
last two years. A lot of excitement in Energy about what is happening here and
we talked about security relations and regional relations as well.
A very good meeting here today and I look forward to seeing Mr Akinci
as well.”
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