The President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, expressed the gratitude that the Cypriot people owe to the former President of the Republic, Glafkos Clerides, for Cyprus’s accession to the EU.
“We honor the memory of the former President of the Republic of Cyprus, the founder of DISY,” the President said in remarks to reporters following the 13th annual memorial service for Glafkos Clerides at the Cathedral of St. Barnabas in Nicosia.
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He noted that of the many things that can be said about Glafkos Clerides, the two characteristics that stand out to him are those which, according to President Christodoulides, defined every political decision Clerides made, both regarding the Cyprus issue and foreign policy on the one hand, and domestic governance on the other.
“These two were assertive realism and, as far as DISY’s ideology is concerned—which we also saw in practice during the administration with regard to domestic affairs— it is social liberalism,” he said.
He also emphasized that among the many achievements during his term in office, “the one we all cherish—the one that we, as the Cypriot people, must cherish and for which we must be forever grateful to Glafkos Clerides—was our country’s accession to the great European family.”
Source: CNA
