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The 69th COSAC Conference in Stockholm concluded today. The House of Representatives was represented by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Mr. Harris Georgiades and members Ms. Marina Nikolaou, Mr. Chrisis Pantelidis and Mr. Kostis Efstathiou. The Conference concluded its work with the adoption of its Contribution to the EU institutions and related conclusions.
On the sidelines of the Conference, the delegation of the Parliament held separate bilateral meetings with the delegations of the Ukrainian Parliament and the French Senate to the Conference.
During the meeting with the Chairperson of the Commission for European Integration of Ukraine Ms Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission Mr Vadym Halaichuk, Ms Klympush-Tsintsadze thanked Cyprus for its support to Ukraine and informed about the situation in the country and the progress in its EU accession process. The Chairman of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Mr Harris Georgiades, stressed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, like the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, is an act of flagrant violation of international law, which is why the House of Representatives of Cyprus unanimously adopted a resolution of condemnation on the very first day of the invasion. Georgiades also noted that Cyprus was fully aligned with the sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia and expressed the readiness of the Parliament to provide all possible assistance and support to the Ukrainian Parliament regarding the country's accession process. Ms. Klympush-Tsintsadze invited the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, head of a parliamentary delegation, to visit Ukraine soon.
During the meeting with the French Senators, Mr. Jean-François Rapin, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs and Mr. Claude Kern and Didier Marie, Vice-Chairs of the Commission, both sides reaffirmed the excellent relations between the two countries and their parliaments and exchanged views on the results of the recent elections in Turkey, as well as on EU-Turkey relations.
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