Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides. Archive photo ATHENS, 9 Jan. Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulidis addressed the journalists invited to the Foreign Ministry and announced that he was resigning, his statement was circulated by the government press and information bureau. “I invited you at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to announce my decision to resign from the post of Foreign Minister. I submitted my resignation letter to the President of Cyprus a few days ago, he accepted it on Friday morning, it will enter into force on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 «, — said Christodoulides. He thanked President Nikos Anastasiadis for the confidence placed in him and said that the resignation is connected with the upcoming presidential elections in 2023. “But today is not the time for any decisions. decisions, «he said. It is noted that the President of Cyprus is elected for five years by direct secret ballot. 
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