President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he would not accept any downgrading of the Republic of Cyprus and added that the UN had handled the Istanbul incident poorly. Asked whether he thought he had been set up by the United Nations Anastasiades stated, on Wednesday night from the sidelines of the SEK conference in Nicosia, that it was more a matter of poor handling which will not be tolerated. Spiros Papastefanou reports.
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he would not accept any downgrading of the Republic of Cyprus and added that the UN had handled the Istanbul incident poorly. Asked whether he thought he had been set up by the United Nations Anastasiades stated, on Wednesday night from the sidelines of the SEK conference in Nicosia, that it was more a matter of poor handling which will not be tolerated. Spiros Papastefanou reports.