PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW - CYPRUS PROBLEM - RUSSIA

Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexius II has expressed
satisfaction with the positions of Russias political leadership
regarding the Cyprus question and his conviction that these positions
will not change.

In an interview with CNA and Athens daily Eleftherotypia, Alexius
reiterated his support to a peaceful and just settlement of the Cyprus
problem and sent its warmest wishes to the Primate of the Church of
Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II and to the Orthodox people of
Cyprus.

It is true that we have repeatedly supported a peaceful and just
settlement of the Cyprus question. We conveyed our concern to the state
leadership of the Russian Federation and will do our outmost so that
the rights of the Orthodox population of the island are not offended in
any way and the looting of Orthodox Churches is terminated, he added.