The High Commissioner of Cyprus in South Africa, Mr Petros T. Nakouzis, presented his credentials on 3 June, to the President of the Republic of Botswana, Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama.
The High Commissioner conveyed the warm greetings and the good wishes of the President of the Republic and the Cyprus people towards him and the people of Botswana for prosperity and progress and referred to the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries and their excellent cooperation in various international organizations and fora. The High Commissioner stressed the need to reinforce these relations in sectors of common interest.
The High Commissioner briefed President Ian Khama on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem. He also congratulated him on the achievements of Botswana in the financial and political sector, expressing the certainty that the goals of the Government to develop new fields of economic activity and to address social challenges will succeed.
President Ian Khama reaffirmed his country’s support in the efforts to solve the Cyprus problem on the basis of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and in the framework of international legality and to reinforce bilateral cooperation in various sectors of mutual interest.
The High Commissioner was accompanied at the accreditation ceremony and in the preceding meeting he had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Phandu T. C. Skelemani, by the Honorary Consul of Cyprus in Botswana, Mr George Kazantzis.
