Greek Foreign Minister issued a statement on the 24th anniversary of the passing of Yiannos Kranidiotis, the Cypriot-born, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece who was among those who died aboard the presidential Dassault Falcon 900 airplane on their way to a six-nation Balkan foreign ministers' regional cooperation meeting in Bucharest, in 1999. 'Today marks 24 years since the tragic loss of Yiannos Kranidiotis. Yiannos Kranidiotis was a tireless diplomat and a visionary politician', the statement says. 'As one of the insightful advocates of enlargement and deepening of the European Union, he worked arduously for the accession of Cyprus to the European Union. Yiann?s Kranidiotis' pioneering thinking continues to guide Greek diplomacy to this day, having left an indelible mark on Greek foreign policy', the Greek Foreign Ministry concludes.
Source: Cyprus News Agency