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Russia highlights relationship with Cyprus on 60th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties
August 19, 2020
Russia marked 60 years of diplomatic relations with Cyprus on Tuesday with a post on the Nicosia embassy’s Facebook page, outlining the friendly relations between the two countries.
The post says that on August 18, 1960, diplomatic relations were established between the then USSR and Cyprus. The official Cyprus independence day is August 16 but it is celebrated on October 1.
The Russian embassy post said: “Relations were established after the exchange of government telegrams between the President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev and the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios.”