The opening took place on Wednesday, July 7 at 19:30 of the Citizen Center (KEPO) in the Community of Xylofagos. The inauguration took place min the presence of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis, while His Holiness Metropolitan Isaia of Tamasos and Orenis, performed the consecration of the inauguration.
The event was also attended by the Speaker of the Parliament, Annita Dimitriou, the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yannis Karousos, the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Anastasia Anthousi, the Larnakos Constituency MPs Prodromos Alabritis (DISY) and Andreas Pasiourtidis (AKEL), and of Famagusta region, Michalis Giakoumis (DIPA), the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, Theodosis Tsiolas, the Prefect of the British Bases of Dekelia, Giorgos Kiteos, the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, Andreas Grigoriou, police and military representatives, the community leader Xylofagou, Georgios Tassos, and a multitude of people from the Xylofagou community as well as from the surrounding communities.
The residents of the Community warmly welcomed the PtD and the PtB. In fact, one of them, the well-known coffee maker of the village and tsiatist, Kokis tou Katzis from Xylofagos, also prepared a tsiattisto dedicated to the official guests. FamagustaNews was there and recorded the chatter.
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The entire tweet:
"I welcome you, my son, now it's my turn,
three minutes to listen to my rants.
I welcome you, my son, who comes to our land,
pride and jewel in our place.
Today on Wednesday, yesterday when it was Tuesday,
Goodbye to Anastasiadis and to our Leader of the Community,
who brought the citizen.
All the works that were done in that army,
they deserve a lot of praise for making the potato.
For the potato, Xylofau was heard first,
now for our citizen we made a big bang.
I want you to help us move forward,
go away president, we will not forget you.
Be a lobster now in Xylofau,
who walk all the same jia en pasin zau zau.
I like the rating, A's and B's,
humble congratulations because Annita came jiay.
40 years of coffee shop, I'm a Woodcutter,
I particularly welcome the Metropolitan.
President I'm done yay I took the Andagin,
if you don't know me, get to know me, I'm Kokis of Katzis."
FamagustaNews / Andri Flourentzou