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N. Anastasiadis: The research program in the EEZ will continue smoothly

The research program of the Republic of Cyprus in its EEZ will continue unhindered, said today the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis, who answered questions from journalists on current issues.

Speaking to reporters after visiting the National Guard outpost on the occasion of the Christmas holidays, President Anastasiadis, when asked to comment on the announcement of the candidacy of the President of DISY for the Presidency of the Republic, said that “he is not in It is the right of the President of the party, as provided by the Statute, but also as the procedures of the Democratic Alarm also provide, to have the right and another executive, if he wishes, to claim through the A body that determines the Statute, to select the candidate for the next Presidential Elections “.

Asked if he met last night with the President of DISY, President Anastasiadis said: “yes, we were invited by mutual friends and we met to have a glass in view of the upcoming holidays”.

Asked if there is a possibility of another candidacy, he noted: “I do not have in mind and I can not comment on the possibilities. The most certain thing is that I will not reclaim.”

In a journalist’s remark that the drilling in the “Glafkos” field has started and when asked if there is a possibility for the consortium to proceed with a second drilling project in a second section, for which Turkey warns that it will react, the President said that “The research program of the Republic of Cyprus will continue unhindered.

I’m not saying that drilling will take place next year, but there will definitely be research work on block 5 licensed to ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum. ”

Asked to address the issue that arose in Parliament for his colleagues, the President pointed out: “I will sign the budget, but I will not relinquish the right to appeal to the Supreme Court on the basis of 139 for the conflict that was observed, is observed through the unconstitutional and arbitrary actions of the Parliament to interfere in the executive power “.

In a remark by a journalist that there is an increase in the number of coronavirus cases and he was called to give his message, he stressed: “what I want to address to the entire Cypriot people, especially these days, is to take into account that on the one hand protecting the health of life and on the other the workers, the entrepreneurs in general of the local economy.I beg apart from the grievances, Our protection is vaccination, the only protection against the pandemic, a phenomenon that is taking on new dimensions globally, is science. not to lose their own people, but individual responsibility must now be transformed into a broader responsibility, a social responsibility for the benefit of the of the whole “.

Asked if there is a possibility of tightening the measures, the President of the Republic said “I avoid such a possibility”.

Source: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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