The programme of President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades for the coming period is heavy.
According to the Director of the President's Press Office, Andreas Joseph, the meetings that the President of the Republic will have next week are particularly important for Cyprus' diplomatic relations and the role that our country plays as a member of the European Union, but also in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region.
On Monday, 4 April, the confirmation ceremony of RAEK member Neophytos Hadjigeorgiou will take place at the Presidential Palace. President Anastasiades will address the ceremony.
On the weekend, 5 and 6 April, the President of the Republic will pay an official visit to Montenegro. He will have a meeting with the President of the country, Mr Milo Dukanovic, and a memorandum of cooperation between Cyprus and Montenegro in the maritime sector will be signed. During his meetings, President Anastasiades will refer to the friendly relations between the two countries and will stress the need to strengthen bilateral relations in the fields of economy and tourism. He will also provide information on the Cyprus problem, his proposal for the MEA and the need to solve the problem on the basis of international law, Security Council resolutions and the European acquis.
Montenegro is an acceding country to the European Union and Cyprus supports its European perspective. President Anastasiades will also brief his interlocutors in Montenegro on the illegal Turkish provocations in the Cypriot EEZ and in occupied Famagusta. The agenda of the meetings will certainly include developments in Ukraine.
On 7 April, President Anastasiades will receive the United States Secretary of State Ms. Victoria Nuland. The meeting comes just a few days after the President's meeting with US President Joe Biden in Brussels, on the sidelines of the European Council.
At the meeting with Mrs. Nuland, the President is expected to elaborate on his proposal for the MoU and refer to the readiness of the Greek Cypriot side to resume negotiations leading to a settlement of the Cyprus problem. American interest in the Cyprus problem and in developments in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region is a given. On Friday, 8 April
[/P]On Friday, 8 April, President Anastasiades will brief AHEPA on the Cyprus problem, energy developments and bilateral relations between Cyprus and the United States.
Subsequently, he will visit Larnaca to discuss the management of the city's port and marina by an investor.
In the evening of the same day he will attend the signing ceremony of the agreement between the Paphos Municipality and the American University of Beirut.
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