Today, the President of the Republic met with the Mayor and a delegation from the Municipality of Famagusta, as stated by the Government Spokesperson, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, in a briefing to the media at the Presidential Palace.
As stated by the government spokesperson, the mayor briefed him in detail about the visit and contacts he had with a delegation from the Municipality of Famagusta in Washington, with representatives of the White House and their presence in Congress, as well as the contacts they had in New York with the five permanent members of the Security Council.
For his part, the President of the Republic briefed the mayor and the delegation from the Municipality of Famagusta on the meetings he had with the representative of the UN Secretary-General, Ms. Olguin, as well as the actions of the government at the European and international level regarding the Famagusta issue.
They also discussed issues concerning the occupied municipality, such as the issue of the privately owned temporary municipal building.
On the occasion of the meeting between the President of the Republic and the Mayor of Famagusta, the government wants to emphasize the importance of the mass participation of our refugees in the upcoming electoral process, for the election of mayors and municipal councils and other Authorities of the occupied municipalities, and appeals to the refugee community to vote in the upcoming elections for the local self-government of the occupied municipalities and communities.
