Anastasiades sends letter of condolence to US vice president on death of his son

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday sent a letter of condolence to US Vice President Joe Biden on the death of his son.

Beau Biden, 46, who served eight years as attorney general of Delaware, died on Saturday after a recurrence of brain cancer.

In his letter, Anastasiades said that on behalf of himself and the people of Cyprus he was offering his condolences. “I grieve with you at this tragic loss,” the letter said. “Please accept my most sincere and heartfelt condolences.”

Joe Biden visited Cyprus last year as part of US efforts to facilitate the resumption of Cyprus talks. He also visited Anastasiades in New York last December when the President underwent heart surgery.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.