Under no circumstances do we compromise with the occupation, nor can the current status quo be the solution for the Cypriot people and the future of our country, said the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidis.

In his statements to the journalists, coming to the Holy Church of Agios Lazaros, in Larnaca, for the solemn vespers and the litany of the holy relics and the holy icon of the Saint, the President of the Republic said that “we are here to honor its patron Saint Larnaca, let’s honor Larnaca.

I just want to remind you that this is not the first year, it is the third year in a row that I have been here, a tradition that I expect to keep in the years to come.”

In response to a journalist’s remark that after so many decades, our Churches in the occupied territories still remain non-functioning, the President of the Republic said that it is “a tragic consequence of the continued occupation, for this reason and from our side, as I have repeatedly said, from on our first day in office, we are working through a specific plan so that we can break the deadlock and resume the talks where they left off in Crans Montana.

Under no circumstances do we compromise with the occupation, nor can the current status quo be the solution to the Cypriot issue and the future of our homeland.”