MI6 chief to meet Christodoulides as Cyprus steps up security consultations

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet the head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service (MI6), Blaise Metreweli, on Friday at the presidential palace, as Cyprus intensifies high-level security consultations amid rising regional tensions. According to the official programme released by the presidency, Christodoulides will receive Metreweli at 9am. The meeting comes at a sensitive moment for the […]

UK spy chief heads to Cyprus on Friday to meet president

The head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli — the first woman to lead British foreign intelligence — is due to travel to Cyprus on Friday to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace. MI6, which gathers intelligence abroad, is distinct from MI5, Britain’s domestic security agency. The meeting, scheduled for 9am, comes days after an […]

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