Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias speaks during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias (R) and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu (L) walk together after a news briefing following their meetings with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS) 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) speaks with Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias (C) and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu (L) following their meetings at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS) 

Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias (L) and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu (R) walk together after a news briefing following their meetings with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS) 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) joins hands with Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias (L) and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu (R) following their meetings at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS) 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) joins hands with Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias (L) and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu (R) following their meetings at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar (REUTERS - Tags: POLITICS) 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich (L) and Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias review the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Kiev July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Andrey Mosienko/Pool (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (R) and Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen wait for the arrival of the Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L) shakes hands with Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias at Prime Minister's Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (R) and Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) chat as they wait for the arrival of Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) meets with Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) meets with Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) meets with Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS) 

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) welcomes Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in Athens February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS) 

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) shakes hands with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in Athens February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) sits in a chair reserved for heads of state before his address to the 65th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias speaks during the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Pope Benedict XVI is escorted by Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias (2nd R) during a farewell ceremony in Nicosia June 6, 2010. The Pope ended a three-day official trip to Cyprus. Pope Benedict, speaking in the wake of a world outcry over Israel's blockade of Gaza, on Sunday appealed for for "concerted international effort" to ease tensions in the Middle East before more blood is spilled. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (CYPRUS - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS) 

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) during a welcoming ceremony at Paphos airport in southwest Cyprus June 4, 2010. Pope Benedict said on Friday the killing of a leading Catholic bishop in Turkey should not be allowed to hurt dialogue with Islam or stain the image of Turkey and its people. Picture taken June 4, 2010.
REUTERS/Pool-Osservatore Romano (RELIGION POLITICS) 

Pope Benedict XVI walks with Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (L) during a welcoming ceremony at Paphos airport in southwest Cyprus June 4, 2010. Pope Benedict said on Friday the killing of a leading Catholic bishop in Turkey should not be allowed to hurt dialogue with Islam or stain the image of Turkey and its people. Picture taken June 4, 2010.
REUTERS/Pool-Osservatore Romano (RELIGION POLITICS) 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks past Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias (L) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (R) as she leaves the meeting room on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias (L) and Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi pose during a family photo session at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

President of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias speaks at a news conference during the 64th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

President of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias speaks at a news conference during the 64th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

President of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias speaks at a news conference during the 64th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

(L-R) Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, with his wife Natassa, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso stand in front of a Caryatid exhibit during the inauguration ceremony of the new Acropolis museum in Athens June 20, 2009. Greece inaugurated its long-delayed Acropolis Museum on Saturday with Karamanlis calling for the Classical Parthenon marbles, held in Britain for 200 years, to be repatriated. The 2,500-year-old sculptures were removed from the Parthenon in 1806 by Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Ottoman empire. REUTERS/Aris Messinis/Pool (GREECE SOCIETY POLITICS) 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L-R), Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias pose for a family photo during a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (L-R) pose at the EU-USA Summit in Prague April 5, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) 

Participants in the EU-USA Summit pose for a group photo in Prague April 5, 2009. (first row L-R) European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, Finland's President Tarja Halonen, Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, U.S. President Barack Obama, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus, Romania's President Traian Basescu, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, (2nd row L-R) Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence GonziItaly, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Slovenia's Prime Minister Borut Pahor, Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, (3rd row L-R) Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias, as they pose for a group photo session together with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (front L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (top 2nd L) and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (top L) at the EU-USA Summit in Prague April 5, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias arrives at the European Council headquarters on the last day of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels March 20, 2009. European Union leaders have agreed to seek a doubling of International Monetary Fund resources to enable it to help countries in the global economic downturn, according to a final draft to be presented at an EU summit on Friday. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

(L-R) Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Hungarian counterpart Ferenc Gyurcsany pose for a family photo during a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels March 19, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

From (L to R) Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias and Ireland's Foreign Minister Michael Martin pose for a family photo during a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels March 19, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

From (L to R) Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pose for a family photo during a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels March 19, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS) 

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (first row L) France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (first row C), Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (first row R), Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann (2nd row L) Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev (2nd row C) and Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip pose for a picture at an emergency European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 1, 2009. EU leaders' meeting in Brussels on Sunday will discuss possible action on the financial crisis amid concern that eastern European countries may need more help. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) shakes hands with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, at the start of an emergency European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 1, 2009. EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Sunday will discuss possible action on the financial crisis amid concern Eastern European countries may need more help. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM) 

EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (C) chats with Cyprus' Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou (L) and President Dimitris Christofias on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 12, 2008. A European Union summit on Friday will commit to an EU-wide economic stimulus package worth about 1.5 percent of total EU output, some 200 billion euros ($264 billion), according to a final draft text. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (L) chats with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 12, 2008. A European Union summit on Friday will commit to an EU-wide economic stimulus package worth about 1.5 percent of total EU output, some 200 billion euros ($264 billion), according to a final draft text. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias arrives on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 12, 2008. A European Union summit on Friday will commit to an EU-wide economic stimulus package worth about 1.5 percent of total EU output, some 200 billion euros ($264 billion), according to a final draft text. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) talks to Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) while Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann (C) talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) near Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) during a family photo at the two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2008. Poland and Germany aim to pave the way for a European Union deal on tackling climate change with proposals to break a deadlock on who should foot the bill for the effort. The summit also aims to win accord on a 200 billion euro ($260 billion) stimulus package aimed at wrenching the bloc out of recession, and to encourage Ireland to call a new referendum on an EU reform treaty already rejected by its voters this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) talks with Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias during a family photo at a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2008. Poland and Germany aim to pave the way for a European Union deal on tackling climate change with proposals to break a deadlock on who should foot the bill for the effort. The summit also aims to win accord on a 200 billion euro ($260 billion) stimulus package aimed at wrenching the bloc out of recession, and to encourage Ireland to call a new referendum on an EU reform treaty already rejected by its voters this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) stands next to (L to R) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a family photo at a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2008. Poland and Germany aim to pave the way for a European Union deal on tackling climate change with proposals to break a deadlock on who should foot the bill for the effort. The summit also aims to win accord on a 200 billion euro ($260 billion) stimulus package aimed at wrenching the bloc out of recession, and to encourage Ireland to call a new referendum on an EU reform treaty already rejected by its voters this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) stands next Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann (L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) and Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) during a family photo at a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2008. Poland and Germany aim to pave the way for a European Union deal on tackling climate change with proposals to break a deadlock on who should foot the bill for the effort. The summit also aims to win accord on a 200 billion euro ($260 billion) stimulus package aimed at wrenching the bloc out of recession, and to encourage Ireland to call a new referendum on an EU reform treaty already rejected by its voters this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) stands next Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann (2nd L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) and Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) during a family photo at a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2008. Poland and Germany aim to pave the way for a European Union deal on tackling climate change with proposals to break a deadlock on who should foot the bill for the effort. The summit also aims to win accord on a 200 billion euro ($260 billion) stimulus package aimed at wrenching the bloc out of recession, and to encourage Ireland to call a new referendum on an EU reform treaty already rejected by its voters this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (L) shakes hands with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in Athens November 27, 2008. Christofias is on a three-day official visit in Greece. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias (C) and Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias (2nd L) inspect a guard of honour outside the Presidential palace in Athens November 26, 2008. Christofias is on a three-day official visit in Greece. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias (C) and his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias (2nd L) review a honour guard outside the Presidential palace in Athens November 26, 2008. Christofias is on a three-day official visit in Greece. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels November 7, 2008. EU heads of states and governments are set to call on Friday for next week's global finance summit in Washington to launch rapid reforms to prevent a fresh outbreak of the credit crisis that has rocked the world economy. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias arrives at the EU council headquarters on the second day of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels October 16, 2008. EU leaders were to delay on Thursday a decision on when to restart talks with Russia on a partnership pact, suspended after Russia's incursion into Georgia in August, officials said. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) talks with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias during a family photo on the first day of a EU summit in Brussels October 15, 2008. EU nations are set on Wednesday to back calls for a root-and-branch overhaul of the world's financial structures in a bid to ensure no repeat of the worst credit crisis since the 1930s Great Depression. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (BELGIUM) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris October 12, 2008. Sarkozy, Christofias and leaders of other euro zone countries held an emergency meeting in Paris to agree on specific, pan-European measure to prop up the battered financial sector and halt market panic. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias (R) is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris October 12, 2008. Sarkozy, Christofias and leaders of euro zone countries hold an emergency meeting in Paris to agree on specific, pan-European measure to prop up the battered financial sector and halt market panic. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias sits on a chair reserved for heads of state as he is introduced to delegates for his address to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) 

Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias addresses the 63rd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) 

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Dimitris Christofias, President of Cyprus, during the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 21, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES) 

Cyprus' Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou (2nd L) and President Dimitris Christofias (2nd R) are welcomed by Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (L) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, at the European Council headquarters on the first day of an EU summit in Brussels June 19, 2008. European leaders will struggle on Thursday to put an EU reform treaty back on track after Ireland's "No" vote, but will seek to salvage the bloc's dented image by talking up possible action on rising fuel prices. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM)