President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades is in London, on his way to New York to address the 69th UN General Assembly, where on Saturday night he will be declared a Patron of the Greek Cypriot Brotherhood.
He flies to the US on Sunday and during his stay there, he will meet with US Vice President Joe Biden, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
On Monday, he will attend a working breakfast with members of the American Jewish Committee and later on he will meet with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Evangelos Venizelos.
The President will attend a working lunch with the representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and in the afternoon, he will meet with the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon. On the same day, Anastasiades will inaugurate a photo exhibition, co-organised by the Consul Generals of Israel and Cyprus, and Arthur Schneier, entitled “Jewish Refugees in Cyprus en route to Israel.”
On 23 September, President Anastasiades will meet with the Prime Minister of Lebanon Tammam Salam and later on with the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El Sisi and members of the World Jewish Congress. In the evening he will attend a reception hosted by the President of the United States Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
On 24 September, the President will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the day after members of the AHEPA organization and later on with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
On Friday, 26 September, he will address the UN General Assembly and afterwards give a press conference. On the same day, the President will meet US Vice President Joe Biden. In the afternoon, the President will meet with the Board of the Cyprus-USA Chamber of Commerce, and in the evening he will attend a testimonial dinner by the Cyprus Federation of America.
The President and his delegation will depart from New York for Cyprus on 27 September.
In his meetings, the President will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides, Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN Nicos Emiliou, the Ambassador of the Republic in Washington George Shacalli and other officials.