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Cyprus’ new president says country on firm Western footing

New Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides stands outside the Presidential palace as the background is visible a bullets riddled wall following a July 1974 coup, after an official transfer of power ceremony at the Presidential palace in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Cyprus' new president Nikos Christodoulides speaks with outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential palace during an official ceremony, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) New Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides, right, Outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades, left, and the President of Parliament Annita Demetriou attend the oath of office ahead of the formal assumption of new President duties at the Parliament in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Cyprus' new president Nikos Christodoulides, left, shakes hands with outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades during an official transfer of power ceremony at the Presidential palace, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Cyprus' new president Nikos Christodoulides arrives at the Presidential palace for an official ceremony, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Cyprus' new president Nikos Christodoulides, top right, outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades, top left, and the President of Parliament Annita Demetriou, top center, attend the oath of office at a ceremony in parliament, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) New Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides stands with his wife Philippa and their three daughters after an official transfer of power ceremony at the Presidential palace in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) New Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides, left, shakes hands with the Outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades outside the Presidential palace after an official transfer of power ceremony at the Presidential palace in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) New Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides, left, shakes hands with the Outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades outside of Presidential palace after an official transfer of power ceremony at the Presidential palace in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Christodoulides defeated a career diplomat in a Feb. 12 runoff to become the ethnically divided island nation's eighth new president. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) FILE - Presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides greets his supporters after casting his vote during the presidential elections in Geroskipou in south west coastal city of Paphos, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. The new president of Cyprus is meeting informally with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots Thursday, Feb. 23, to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island’s ethnic division. It has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, file)
Cyprus’ new president says country on firm Western footing