Many Ukrainian citizens living in Cyprus, but also supporters of Ukraine gathered on Thursday afternoon outside the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia, ahead of the plenary session of the Parliament and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech before the House, in the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades.
Those gathered carried Ukrainian and European Union flags, as well asplacards with slogans against the war and Russia, and there were symbolic reenactments of victims of the Russian invasion.
On his way out of the Conference Centre, the President of the Republic had a brief conversation with a delegation of the assembled people, who said that "it is the right time to gather all our strength, the Ukrainian people are Europeans, we value European values, we value human life" and urged the President of the Republic to stay close to the Ukrainian people.
For his part, Mr. President of the Republic of Moldova. Anastasiades reiterated Cyprus' support for Ukraine, noting that "we supported all the measures of the European Union without exception, we were among the supporters to give candidate status to Ukraine and to follow negotiations, I was among those who strongly insisted within the European Council in Versailles that the request of our friend President Zelensky of Ukraine should be accepted."
"Whatever we can do, I wish we had similar support when we accepted the Turkish invasion," the President noted before leaving the room.
Source: CNA
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