There is still domestic opposition to the international bailout in Cyprus
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has urged eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticised the bailout agreed in March.
The "haircut" imposed on large deposits under the 10bn-euro (£8.6bn) bailout led to businesses losing large amounts of the capital they kept in banks.
His comments came in a letter sent last week but leaked on Wednesday.
Losses were imposed on big deposits in Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and Laiki Bank. BoC is now in trouble, the letter said.
"I urge you to support a long-term solution to Bank of Cyprus' thin liquidity position," Mr Anastasiades said.
Laiki Bank is being wound up and its safe assets transferred to BoC.
Capital restrictions imposed to prevent a run on Cypriot banks have been eased, but remain in place. The president said such "artificial" measures "will only aggravate the depositors the longer they persist".
"Rather than creating confidence in the banking system they are eroding it by the day," he warned.
The text of his letter appeared on the Open Europe think tank's blog on Wednesday. His complaints about the bailout were also reported by the Financial Times.
Unnamed eurozone officials quoted by Reuters news agency say there are no plans to alter the terms of the bailout for Cyprus or to supply more funds.
Eurozone finance ministers will discuss the letter at a meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday, Reuters reports.
Cyprus has started receiving instalments of the bailout package from international creditors.
Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22966453#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
