Ioannis Kasoulidis takes over the reins of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ioannis Kasoulidis succeeds Nikos Christodoulidis today as Foreign Minister after his resignation

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Ioannis Kasoulidis succeeds Nikos Christodoulidis today as Foreign Minister, following the resignation of the latter and his resignation from the post of head of Cypriot diplomacy on Tuesday, January 11th.

The assurance ceremony of the new Minister of Foreign Affairs before the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, will take place at 11:00, at the Presidential Palace. Christodoulidis is very sad for him but he had no choice but to accept his resignation after the developments.

Mr. Kasoulidis served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Glafkos Clerides, taking office in April 1997. He was appointed for the second time head of the Cypriot diplomacy in the Government of Nikos Anastasiadis, in March 2018, while in March 2018 he was succeeded by Nikos.

Source: KYPE