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The Cypriot Parliament is all set to host today online the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who continues to address Parliamentary Assemblies around the world in an attempt to secure additional support for his country, which is resisting Russian invasion.
His speech will take place in the presence of the President of the Republic, who will arrive at the Parliament five minutes before six o'clock in the evening, the time the connection is scheduled. At the start of the special session, the President of the Parliament, Anita Demetriou, will make a short address and then Mr Zelenski will take the floor.
His statement will be translated directly into Greek and the duration of the link, as in his other statements in other Parliaments, will be fifteen minutes. After Zelenski's speech, the President of the Parliament will take the floor again.
In any case, the Ukrainian president's speech is expected with interest as it comes in the shadow of what has seen the light of day in the past few days regarding a US request to Cyprus to send Russian weapons it possesses to Ukraine. However, in his statements on Tuesday Defence Minister Haralambos Petrides made it clear that no National Guard weapon systems would be handed over.
At the same time, political circles estimate that Zelenski will also refer to the fact that Cyprus is a country that understands what the Ukrainian people are currently experiencing due to the Turkish invasion.
It is worth noting that a common thread in his speeches so far is his call for increased economic and military pressure on Russia, the weapons support Ukraine expects from the West and his references to the loss of children and civilians.
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