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The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received today, at the Presidential Palace, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Cyprus, Mrs Kathleen A. Doherty.

After the meeting, Mrs Doherty told reporters: “I wanted to congratulate the President for his re-election and also to convey the White House’s congratulations to the President.

President Trump sent a letter of congratulations recently and we are very happy to see the results.

We had a very good discussion about all the events that are happening, including the issue of the hydrocarbons, and I relayed to the President that the United States feels very strongly that the Republic of Cyprus has the right to explore and exploit its resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and we reiterated that we are engaged in the issues relevant to the Eastern Mediterranean. Secretary Tillerson, when he was in Ankara last week, raised this issue with the Turks.

So, we are watching events and we are also engaging in these events and hopefully the issue will be resolved, so that we can move forward and start the talks again.”

Replying to a question about the expected arrival of ExxonMobil in Cyprus’ EEZ, Mrs Doherty said that “we are talking about immediate issues today and we will see what happens.”

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