Sick Berlusconi skips meeting with Papadopoulos

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced to skip a meeting with president Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday because of a recurring illness, an Italian government source said.
In a statement Government Spokesperson Kypros Chrysostomides said Papadopoulos instead met with Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini.

Chrysostomides added Tassos Papadopoulos would leave Rome and attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Nigeria.

“Cyprus’s participation in this meeting gives us a chance to promote our foreign policy and to find a solution to the Cyprus problem,” he said.

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