President Nicos Anastasiades will pay a series of visits and have several meetings abroad, during the next three months. This week he will be visiting the UK.
Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that the President departs on September 17 for London, where he will have a meeting with British PM David Cameron on September 18.
“We consider this meeting particularly important with regard to the Cyprus problem and the issues discussed at the negotiating table, as well as in relation to our bilateral relations,” Christodoulides noted.
He added that on September 19, the President will fly to Chicago where he will meet with members of the Congress and be the main speaker at the annual conference of the American-Jewish Committee. He will also attend an event organized by overseas Cypriots.
According to Christodoulides, on September 22, Anastasiades will fly to New York to attend the UN General Assembly and meet the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. On September 29 he will meet with the US Vice President Joe Biden and the US Secretary of State John Kerry and on September 28 he will meet the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el- Sisi.
President Anastasiades will participate in certain meetings at the UN and address the General Assembly on September 29.
Furthermore, Anastasiades will have meetings with the heads of China`s and Russia`s Permanent Missions to the UN, and will attend a working lunch with the Permanent Representatives of the UN Security Council five permanent members.
He will also be the key speaker at an event at the Brookings Institute and have a meeting with Noble`s Executive Director. A series of meetings with heads of state or government are expected to be arranged as well.
The spokesman said that the President will pay, by the end of the year, several visits abroad “related with the role which the Republic of Cyprus plays in the region, with the Cyprus problem, as well as with the need to further strengthen our relations with some other states.”
He noted that the President will visit China on October 13-19, while at the beginning of November he will visit Jordan. Deliberations are also under way for visits to other neighbouring states.
After his visit to China, President Anastsaiades will visit Spain to attend the meeting of the European People`s Party heads of state, on the sidelines of which he will meet with some of his European counterparts. He will also attend the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting in Malta and the EU Summit on Climate Changes that will take place in Paris at the end of November.