Address by Ambassador Chizhov at the Economist Conference “Cyprus-EU Presidency Summit”

Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Allow me to begin by commending the valuable work that Cyprus is doing at the helm of the half-year EU Council Presidency. Your country, admittedly a small one, has taken on the momentous responsibility of leading the EU at a pivotal moment in the evolution of the European project, as the acute pangs of the sovereign debt crisis are being loudly felt in the streets of Athens, Madrid and other European cities.

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