19 January 2016

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, has sent a brief reply to the letter of 27 December from the Chairman of FBME Bank Limited, Ayoub-Farid M Saab (which can be found on this website).

In acknowledging the letter from Mr Saab, the President states that as the matter is subject to judicial proceedings neither he nor his Ministerial colleagues can “… intervene, preempt or influence decisions regarding these ongoing procedures”.