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Kyproos Georgios: The developments in the Cyprus issue do not seem to be leading to a resulttranslated

October 9, 2026 · 1 min read

The Archbishop of Cyprus Georges calls for a change in the course of asserting the rights of the Republic of Cyprus, expressing his assessment that the developments in the Cyprus issue do not seem to lead to a result. At the same time, he defended the dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, rejected the criticisms about the cultist and placed himself on the case of the Monastery of St. Avvakum. Speaking on RIK radio, the Archbishop argued that the concessions to date in the Cyprus issue have not paid off, while he expressed reservations about focusing the discussion on the opening of new roadblocks.

As he mentioned, the Church of Cyprus seeks the support of the Holy See also in the national issue, pointing out that the Vatican has a large number of accredited diplomatic representatives, known as apostolic nuncios, in various countries of the world.

"And in the national matter we ask for the support of the Holy See, which has many ambassadors, nuncios, accredited all over the world", he said characteristically.

"Developments don't seem to be going anywhere" Referring to the Cypriot issue, His Beatitude emphasized that the course of asserting the rights of the Cypriot should change...

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Joanna Zielińska
It is difficult for me to agree that subsequent concessions have achieved nothing. After all, we have been hearing about these "new openings" for years and nothing changes. I wonder what exactly the archbishop proposes instead of focusing on new border crossings.
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