President Nicos Anastasiades has sent his warmest congratulations to Israel for forming a government, noting he looks forward to closely working together in furthering the rock-solid Cyprus-Israel strategic partnership.

The President wrote on his twitter account “my warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate PM/FM Yair Lapid for forming a government. Looking forward to closely working together in furthering the rock-solid Cyprus-Israel strategic partnership to the advantage of our region and beyond.”


Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides sent on Monday his warmest congratulations to Yair Lapid on assuming his duties as Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel.

“Wish him every success and look forward to working closely together to drive forward – rich bilateral agenda and regional cooperation” he wrote. He also expressed his gratitude to former Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi for the excellent cooperation they had.

Yair Lapid thanked the Cypriot Foreign Minister saying in his twitter account “I look forward to working together to expand and deepen the relationship between our countries as well as cooperating with you on a range of regional issues”.