Cyprus and Russia signed on Tuesday an agreement of cooperation for combating organised crime.
According to an official press release issued here, the agreement was signed in the framework of a working visit Cyprus Foreign Ministry`s Permanent Secretary Alexandros Zenon is paying to Moscow. On the part of Russia, the agreement was signed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexei Meshkov.
During the bilateral political consultations, that took place in Moscow, the Cypriot and Russian officials exchanged views on international and regional issues, focusing on the situation in Syria, Ukraine and combating of terrorism in the Middle East region. They also discussed the current state of affairs in EU-Russia relations.
Moreover, Zenon briefed Meshkov on the current phase of negotiations aiming to solve the problem of Cyprus, divided since the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have been engaged, since May last year, in UN-led talks aiming to reunify the island under a federal roof.