CNA - President of the Republic Demetris Christofias has expressed relief and satisfaction over the discovery of the corpse of the late President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos.

Police Spokesman Michalis Katsounotos told CNA the corpse, found at a cemetery on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia, after a tip-off late on Monday, had been identified by family members and subjected to DNA tests.

The body was removed on 11 December 2009 from its grave in the cemetery of Deftera community, on the eve of Papadopoulos` first annual memorial service.

Speaking before departing to Athens to inaugurate, with President of the Hellenic Republic Carolos Papoulias, the ``Michalis Kakoyiannis Foundation”, President Christofias said he had contacted the late President’s wife Fotini and expressed his sympathy to her and her family.

“At last we feel relief and satisfaction, and I am sure the family feels that too”, the President said.

The corpse remains at the site of the new Strovolos cemetery on the outskirts of Nicosia while police and forensic experts are carrying out examinations.