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The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Nicos Christodoulides, will travel tomorrow to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he will participate in the 4th Summit of the Council of Europe (CoE), the first to be held after 18 years.
President Christodoulides will attend a reception tomorrow afternoon hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Mrs Katrín Jakobsdóttir, for the Heads of State or Government attending the Summit, and will then attend the opening ceremony of the Summit on the theme "United around our values".
The opening ceremony will include speeches by the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, Italy, Italy, Britain and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
In the evening, the President of the Republic will participate in a round table discussion on "Preserving democracy in difficult times - risks, resilience and reengagement".
Then, President Christodoulides will attend a working dinner of Heads of State or Government with the Secretary General of the CoE, Ms Marija Pejčinović Burić, during which the situation in Ukraine will be discussed.
On Wednesday, the President will have a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Mark Rutte.
Subsequently, the President will sign the expanded partial agreement on the Register of Damage, which will be signed by the Heads of State or Government of the CoE who have decided to proceed with this international agreement, which concerns the registration of damage caused to Ukraine as a consequence of the illegal Russian invasion.
The President will then take part in the general debate on "United for Europe", during which he will make an intervention.
Subsequently, the President will have a bilateral meeting with the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who heads her country's delegation to the Summit, followed by a bilateral meeting with the President of Moldova, Ms. Maia Sandu.
President Christodoulides will also have separate bilateral meetings with the Secretary General of the CoE and with the Prime Minister of Malta, Mr Robert Abela.
At noon on the same day, the President of the Republic will attend the closing ceremony "United around our values", during which the Reykjavik Declaration will be adopted and the handover of the Presidency of the CoE from Iceland to Latvia will take place.
The President of the Republic will depart from Iceland in the early afternoon of 17 May.
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