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The Speaker of the House of Commons received an invitation from the Speaker of the House of Commons[/QUOTE]
In Cyprus on a three-day official visit, The Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has been in Cyprus since Monday at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Anita Demetriou.
The Speaker of the House of Commons will be received today, Tuesday, by the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, and will hold separate meetings with the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Harris Georgiades, and Members of the Committee. The Speaker of Parliament will host an official lunch in honour of her British counterpart.
The British official will also address the Plenary Session of Parliament on Tuesday at a special sitting of the House at 4.00 pm at the Filoxenia Conference Centre.
Further, during his visit to Cyprus, he will participate with the Speaker of Parliament in a round table discussion with university students on "Parliaments and Democracy: Parliamentary Transparency in Practice".
Sir Lindsay Hoyle will visit, together with the Speaker, the walled city of Nicosia. He will also visit the British contingent of UNFICYP as well as the area of the Episkopi and Akrotiri bases.
A statement from the House of Commons said that this is the first official visit of a Speaker of the House of Commons to Cyprus, a milestone in inter-parliamentary relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom. Sir Lindsay Hoyle will be accompanied by senior officials of the House of Commons.
As he had said in an interview with CNA, the visit is an opportunity to reaffirm the strong Cyprus-UK friendship and mutual commitment to democratic values.
Source: KYPE
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