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The President of the Republic Mr. President Nicos Christodoulides and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, with the President of the Republic stating that it was agreed that a Trilateral Summit between Cyprus, Greece and Palestine would be held in 2023.
In their statements to the media after their meeting in the framework of President Christodoulides' official visit to Palestine, President Abbas, welcoming the President of the Republic, said, inter alia, speaking through an interpreter. Your visit is an important opportunity to strengthen the relations of friendship and joint cooperation between our two countries and our friendly peoples in various fields such as trade and tourism, as well as various aspects of economic cooperation.
We commend the support that Cyprus provides in the business sector, in scholarships for students.
We also appreciate the effective political role of Cyprus in the framework of the EU which we hope will continue to support the State of Palestine for its full integration into the "It is with great pleasure that I am in Palestine following also your visit to Cyprus in June 2022. My visit today is an indication of the historic, strong ties between the peoples of Palestine and Cyprus, but also of our shared conviction to further strengthen our relations. The first concerns our bilateral relations and the need for them to be further strengthened to reflect the level of relations between the peoples of Palestine and Cyprus and for this reason we will work to strengthen our bilateral relations in the field of trade, culture and tourism. The second issue is our trilateral cooperation with Greece and we agreed that in 2023 we will organise a summit at the level of Heads of State and Government, so that this regional cooperation based on a positive agenda will be strengthened to the extent that our other trilateral cooperation exists.
The second issue is our trilateral cooperation with Greece and we agreed that in 2023 we will organise a summit at the level of Heads of State and Government, so that this regional cooperation based on a positive agenda will be strengthened to the extent that our other trilateral cooperation exists.
The third issue we discussed was the developments in our region and in the context of this review, the Palestinian and Cyprus issues were two key issues we discussed.
I want to reiterate today the clear position of the Republic of Cyprus with regard to the need to resolve the Palestinian issue on the basis of a two-state solution as envisaged by the relevant United Nations resolutions and on the basis of the 1967 Conventions.
At the same time, I wish to express my gratitude for Palestine's long-standing support for the resolution of the Cyprus problem on the basis of the agreed United Nations framework for a solution, and it is particularly important that this Palestinian position has in no way been eroded.
We are in a region, both Cyprus and Palestine, which is facing many challenges and, as you know very well, we cannot change the geography, so all the countries in the region should work together in order to create the conditions to resolve any differences, any disagreements, always on the basis of international law.
The Republic of Cyprus, as the EU member state in the region, I want to assure you that we will do everything possible so that our region, with its problems, its challenges, but also its opportunities, will attract the international interest that we need in order to proceed with the resolution of any disputes that exist.
In conclusion, I would like once again to express my pleasure to be in Ramallah today and to assure you of our political will to work to further strengthen our bilateral relations."
In the framework of President Christodoulides' official visit, a Memorandum of Understanding was subsequently signed between the Governments of Cyprus and Palestine to finance the construction of a community centre in the village of Ein Qinya.
The construction of the centre involves the amount of 200 thousand euros from the development budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for aid to Palestine, while the site for the construction was suggested by the Palestinian authorities.
After the signing ceremony, President Abbas hosted an official lunch in honour of the President of the Republic and the Cypriot delegation. Konstantinos Letibiotis, the Representative of the Republic in Ramallah Mr. Dimitris Assos, the Director of the Middle East, Gulf and Africa Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Salina Shiabou, the Deputy Director of the President's Diplomatic Office Mr.
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