Greece's President visits Nicosia Town Hall and walks along ceasefire line (pics)

President of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, who is in Cyprus on a three-day official visit, started the second day of his programme with a visit at the Nicosia Town Hall and a tour along the ceasefire line, accompanied by President Nikos Christodoulides and Nicosia Mayor Charalambos Prountzos.

Prountzos welcomed President Tasoulas and President Christodoulides at around 9am on Thursday, at the Town Hall and then accompanied them inside the building where he showed Tasoulas a three-dimensional model of the surrounding area. They then went up to the roof of the Town Hall that offers panoramic views of the capital.

Later on, they walked along the ceasefire line near the Town Hall, where Prountzos explained to Tasoulas that users and owners of some buildings part of which fall within the ceasefire line, although they can use them, they cannot open windows or doors on the side that lies within the green line.

President Tasoulas, together with President Christodoulides and Prountzos also visited the CYENS Centre of Excellence, where they were welcomed by the center's general director, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, who spoke to them about the work they do there.

While there, the President of the Hellenic Republic also saw the “Nemata” (Threads) project which was commissioned by the Deputy Ministry of Culture and was designed and fabricated at CYENS to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. As part of the project, refugees were invited to pull threads that record their journey on the island from 1974 to-date.

The visit concluded with coffee offered by the Town Hall to the two Presidents at a cafeteria outside CYENS.

President Tasoulas was accompanied, among others, by the Ambassador of Greece to Cyprus, Ioannis Papameletiou.

(Photos: PIO)