The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Nicos Christodoulides, will travel to Israel tomorrow for a two-day working visit, during which he will hold talks with the country's top leadership.
President Christodoulides will depart for Israel in the afternoon of 10 May and will visit the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv on the same day, followed by a visit to Jerusalem.
On the morning of 11 May, the President of the Republic will go to the Presidential Palace, where he will be received by the President of the State of Israel, Mr Isaac Herzog.
A private meeting between the two Presidents will follow, followed by extended talks between the delegations of the two countries.
Subsequently, the President of the Republic will go to the Prime Minister's Office, where he will have a private meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu and then the two leaders will attend expanded talks between their delegations.
This will be followed by statements by President Christodoulides and Prime Minister Netanyahu to the media.
At noon, President Christodoulides will attend a lunch hosted in his honour by the President of the Knesset, Mr. Amir Ohana.
In the early afternoon, the President will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, where he will attend a special commemoration ceremony to be held in the framework of his visit.
During his visit to Yad Vashem, President Christodoulides will offer the Museum archival material relating to the Jews who were hosted in Cyprus and through which they emigrated to Israel immediately after the Second World War.
Later, the President of the Republic will go to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, from where, accompanied by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, he will go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre. Afterwards, the President of the Republic and the Patriarch will have a private meeting at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
The President of the Republic will be accompanied in Israel by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Energy, the Director of the President's Press Office and officials.
President Christodoulides will return to Cyprus on the evening of 11 May.
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