{"id":1062114,"date":"2021-11-28T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062114"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:43:39","slug":"ambassador-meeting-with-migrants-will-be-highlight-of-pope-francis-cyprus-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-meeting-with-migrants-will-be-highlight-of-pope-francis-cyprus-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador: Meeting with Migrants Will Be Highlight of Pope Francis\u2019 Cyprus Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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 <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-521565948-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ROME, Italy \u2014 The Cypriot ambassador to the Holy See, George Poulides, said this week the highlight of Pope Francis\u2019 visit to the island nation of Cyprus next week will be his meeting with migrants and refugees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most symbolic moment of Pope Francis\u2019 trip to Cyprus is represented by the meeting with refugees and immigrants in Nicosia,\u201d Poulides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansalatina.com\/americalatina\/noticia\/papa_vaticano\/2021\/11\/24\/papa-en-chipre-se-encontrara-con-inmigrantes_d9a1ea9d-a8f4-4709-864a-a217367bbcac.html\">told<\/a> the Italian ANSA news agency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The pope will leave the Vatican for a 5-day visit beginning in Cyprus next Thursday and later moving on to Athens, Greece, and the island of Lesbos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPope Francis\u2019 visit to Cyprus is a historic event,\u201d said Poulides, who is dean of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said the issue of migration and refugees would be among the key points discussed between the pope and government officials, along with \u201cenvironmental protection, the fight against climate change, and human rights issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last May, Cyprus appealed for help from the European Union after declaring a \u201cstate of emergency\u201d because of the flood of migrants overwhelming its reception centers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to this situation and overcrowding in reception centers, I was forced to make a written representation to the European Commission,\u201d said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris.<\/p>\n<p>Nouris informed the commission that Cyprus was \u201centering a state of emergency as far as migration is concerned, and there is no further capacity to host additional migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis\u2019 trip to Cyprus will be only the second time that a pope visits the island, which is divided into two parts separated by the U.N.\u2019s so-called \u201cgreen line.\u201d The territory under the line, which comprises approximately 59 percent of the surface area, remains in effective control of the Republic of Cyprus, whereas the zone to the north is run by the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of the North of Cyprus, occupied by Turkey in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe authorities of the Republic of Cyprus are doing everything possible to combat the phenomenon, always respecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of these people,\u201d Poulides told ANSA. \u201cThe largest number of migrants in the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus comes from Turkey through the occupied territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiades should brief Pope Francis on the latest developments of the Cypriot issue, on Turkey\u2019s latest provocations both on land and at sea, as well as on ongoing efforts to resolve the Cypriot issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe efforts made and the initiatives taken by the U.N. are hampered by the Turkish provocation,\u201d he added. \u201cThe Republic of Cyprus seeks to reach a just and sustainable solution to the Cypriot question, a solution that will be in line with the resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME, Italy \u2014 The Cypriot ambassador to the 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