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 The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, sent a congratulatory message to the new Prime Minister of Italy, Mr Giuseppe Conte.

In his message President Anastasiades stated the following:

“I would like to congratulate you on the assumption of your high duties as President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic and express our keenness to nurture the existing excellent relations between our two countries.

Our bilateral relations acquired a new mutually beneficial impetus through the recent, promising hydrocarbon discoveries in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, with the extensive and active presence of ENI and I look forward to working with you for the smooth realization of their potential.

I also look forward to working with you on our European Union agenda and on the advancement of the perspectives of the southern EU member states in addressing the many challenges that the Union is currently facing.”

(RM/ΜL/II)