[PIO] The President of the House of Representatives will pay an official visit to the United Kingdom

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Anita Demetriou, will travel to London on Sunday, 2 July 2023, for an official visit, at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The President of the Parliament will be accompanied by the Director General of the Parliament, Ms Tasoula Ieronymidou, the Director of the International Relations Service, Ms Marina Adamidou, the First Officer for International Relations, Ms Christiana Solomonidou and the First Officer for International Relations, Ms Loukia Moogi.

As part of her visit, the Speaker will have separate meetings with the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Chairmen of the Commons Foreign Affairs, Education, and Women and Equalities Committees Ms Alicia Kearns, Mr Robin Walker and Ms Caroline Nokes, respectively, and Members of the three Committees. Ms Demetriou will also hold a meeting with the Chair of the UK Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Dame Maria Miller and attend a working lunch with Sir Roger Gale, Head of the Cross Party Group on Cyprus in the UK Parliament, and Members of the Group.

The Speaker of the House of Commons will host a formal dinner in honour of Mrs Demetriou and will organise an event, at which Mrs Demetriou will be the keynote speaker, on "Cyprus - UK: challenges and opportunities". The Speaker will also attend part of the weekly Question Time to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Members of the House of Commons.

During her stay in London, the Speaker will have a meeting and working dinner with the President. Christos Karolis and Members of the Council of the National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom and will visit the Olive Branch Aid charity, the UK Alcyonides nest and the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green. Further, she will have separate meetings with representatives of the United Kingdom's Famagusta Association and the National Council of British Cypriots.

The Speaker will return to Cyprus at dawn on Thursday, 6 July 2023.

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