Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday announced a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet after a walkout by his coalition partner over resumed reunification talks with the Turkish Cypriots. He brought three new faces into cabinet but retained the services of Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis, who resigned from centre-right DIKO after it walked out of government. The recession-hit island is relying on untapped offshore gas reserves to boost the troubled Greek Cypriot economy. All 11 cabinet ministers tendered their resignations last month to give the conservative president leeway to carry out a wider reshuffle but he asked them to remain at their posts.
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