New High Commissioner presents credentials

NEW British High Commissioner Lyn Parker presented his credentials to President Glafcos Clerides yesterday morning at the Presidential Palace.

Parker arrived in Cyprus on September 8, the same day that his predecessor Edward Clay left.

He reiterated the UK’s support in working towards a peaceful solution of the Cyprus problem within the framework of UN Security Council resolutions and with accession to the European Union.

Clerides accepted his Letters of Commission and extended a warm message of friendship, well being and continued prosperity to Britain.

Parker’s previous foreign postings have been in Athens, Delhi and Brussels.

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