Скачать или смотреть Ex-FM Christoulides wins Cyprus presidential election

(12 Feb 2023)
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Nicosia, Cyprus - 12 February 2023
1. Wide of people outside Nikos Christodoulides’ staff HQ
2. Christodoulides supporters watching exit polls at staff HQ
3. Christodoulides campaign poster
4. Christodoulides campaign staff and poster
5. Wide of Christodoulides supporters celebrating
6. Christodoulides supporter outside campaign staff HQ
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Elena Christopher, 53; grew up in Canada and has lived in Nicosia since 2006:
“It’s a tremendous victory for all Cypriots. Nikos Christodoulides is our president-elect, he won with 52%, he was an independent candidate, and the voices of the people spoke loud and clear.”
8. Christodoulides supporters, fireworks
9. Wide exterior of ‘Eleftheria’ stadium
10. Christodoulides supporters inside ‘Eleftheria’ stadium
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Nikos Christodoulides, President-elect of Cyprus:
“My top concern is to end the Turkish occupation, to reunite our country. I will do everything to break this dead-end, to restart the dialogue, to create the conditions for the resolution of the Cypriot problem, so that we , my friends, can find a solution that will secure that we leave our children a reunited country on the ground, in our laws, in our economy.”
12. Christodoulides supporters waving Greek flags.
13. Christodoulides supporters holding banner
14. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Nikos Christodoulides, President-elect of Cyprus:
“Tonight I would like to especially address our Turkish Cypriot compatriots, who are going through tough moments over the last days. We participate in their mourning and I would like to assure them that we stand next to them.”
15. Christodoulides supporters
16. Christodoulides waving to supporters
STORYLINE:
Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected as the new president of Cyprus in a runoff election Sunday.

His rival, veteran diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis, conceded defeat.

With 100% of ballots counted, Christodoulides had 51.9% of the vote to Mayroyiannis' 48.1%, according to official election results.

Christodoulides, 49, campaigned as a unifying force for ethnically divided Cyprus, eschewing ideological and party divisions.

His message resonated with a wide swath of voters.

Mavroyiannis, who had served as Cyprus’ ambassador to the United Nations, positioned himself as the agent of change, ushering in a new political era following a decade of rule by outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades.

But the support he received from the communist-rooted AKEL party may have pushed swing voters into backing Christodoulides.

Christoulides inherits the challenge of trying to revive stalemated peace talks with the country's Turkish Cypriots, who declared independence nearly a decade after a 1974 Turkish invasion that followed a coup aimed at union with Greece.

The island's reunification has eluded politicians during over nearly a half-century of negotiations, despite progress on the shape of an overall peace deal.

A potential resolution became more complicated following the 2017 collapse of talks at a Swiss resort that many believed had come tantalizingly close to producing a breakthrough.

Turkey, the only country to recognize the minority Turkish Cypriots’ independence, has since turned its back on a United Nations-backed arrangement for a federated Cyprus.

It advocates instead a two-state deal, which the U.N., the European Union, the U.S. and other countries have rejected.

AP video shot by: Marcos Andronicou

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