The European People's Party (EPP) Leaders' Meeting[/B] in Athens and the Western Balkans EU Summit in Tirana[/B], on 2-3 December and 5-6 December, respectively, will be attended bythe President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades.
According to a Presidency statement, President Anastasiades will leave today, 2 December, for Athens, where he will participate in the work of the European People's Party Leaders' Meeting.
Specifically, this afternoon, President Anastasiades will participate in the first part of the discussions of the Leaders' Meeting, while in the evening he will attend a working dinner of the EPP. On 3 December, in the morning, he will participate in the second part of the work of the EPP delegates.
During the work of the European People's Party Leaders' Meeting, issues related to the European agenda, among others, will be discussed.
At 8 p.m. on 3 December, the President of the Republic will attend and speak at a dinner organised by DISY Greece.
The President will then travel to Tirana, where an EU-Western Balkans Summit will take place on 5 and 6 December.
The EU-Western Balkans Summit is being held for the first time in a country of the Western Balkans region as a sign of the EU's continued willingness to further strengthen its political and economic relations with the Western Balkans and to give impetus to the accession perspective of the countries of the region, amid a period of turmoil in the wider European region.
The EU-Western Balkans Summit will address issues related to efforts to mitigate the impact of the war in Ukraine on the Western Balkans , including in the energy and economic sectors, the accession agenda, the situation in Ukraine, migration, as well as efforts for coordination and cooperation on migration management, cyber security, countering hybrid threats, and terrorism.
The President of the Republic, who will return to Cyprus on the evening of December 6, will be accompanied by the Government Spokesman, Marios Pelekanos, the Deputy Minister to the President, Petros Demetriou, and the Director of his Office Pantelis Pantelidis.
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