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The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades characterized as very useful the meeting he had tonight in London with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs Theresa May.

In his remarks to reporters following his meeting that took place at the Office of the Prime Minister, the President said that "the meeting with the British Prime Minister was very useful because it provided an opportunity to explain and project the problems we face with regard to the efforts for the resolution of the Cyprus problem. I briefed her about last night's dinner (with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community). However, beyond the Cyprus problem and the assistance that I have asked, due also to the good relations (of the U.K.) with Turkey, so that she can intervene in order for the illegal activities of Turkey to be terminated, we of course had the opportunity to talk also about Brexit. I think that we are on a good course with regard to the agreement between Cyprus, the United Kingdom and the European Union, and at the same time with regard to the further strengthening of the bilateral relations which, I must say, have been continuously improving and growing during the last years.

We of course talked also about the situation in the Middle East and in particular the activities against Syria. We discussed some issues, which -I believe it is self-evident- should not be mentioned publicly as well."

(RM/MKY/SCH)