Historic day for Cyprus: Halloumi is on the list of PDO products

Halloumi was recognized as a Product of Designation of Origin (PDO), a day when the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis described as historic for Cyprus.

Speaking to reporters after his visit to the Pantziarou Dairies halloumi factory in the Athienou area, the President of the Republic described the day as historic.

“I consider that yesterday was a historic day, really, for Cyprus, especially for the economy, for livestock, for cheese-making, in general for the efforts made for years by the Republic of Cyprus, in order to secure one of the most important contributors to Gross domestic Product.

Its exports halloumiou amount to 250 million and what we hope is with the registration to multiply. This is for the benefit of a primary sector that will benefit not only the Greek Cypriots, but also our Turkish Cypriot compatriots. “And it is a strong message how much, if and as long as we operate as a state, we can have advantages – and when I say as a state I send a message to the Turkish Cypriots about how many benefits we can have from similar protections offered by the EU,” he said. -BPE.

Commenting to a journalist that a month before the informal five-party conference in Geneva, Turkey insisted that the EU not want to be present at the conference, Mr. Anastasiadis said: “We will see this later after the visit of European Commission President Ursula von’s der Layen and the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell. “

Asked if the obstacles have been removed after the change in the attitude of the cheesemakers, the President of the Republic said that “I would like to welcome with great satisfaction the highly productive and creative meeting that the Minister of Agriculture had yesterday with the representatives of the cheesemakers and breeders , I mean cow breeders. “I’m sure everyone understands that the government is determined to make every effort to overcome any concerns through concrete and structured policies.”