23/01/2017 09:24
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades leaves on Monday for Strasbourg, where he will address, on Tuesday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The Republic of Cyprus holds the presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) from 22 November 2016 until 19 May 2017.
According to an official press release, in the morning of 24 January, President Anastasiades will be welcomed at the Palais de l’ Europe by the President and the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, Pedro Agramunt and Wojciech Sawicki, respectively.
The President will later meet with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland. This will be followed by a meeting with the Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks.
At 1100 local time, the President will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and will later answer questions from members of the Assembly.
He will later hold a meeting with the President of the Congress Gudrun Mosler-Tornstrom. Subsequently he will attend a special ceremony to mark the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. He will later inaugurate, along with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, an exhibition about the Holocaust.
The President will then attend an official lunch hosted in his honor by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.
In the evening, President Anastasiades will visit the European Court of Human Rights where he will meet with the President of the Court Guido Raimondi in the presence of the Cypriot judge at the ECHR Georgios Serghides.
Later on the President will attend the concert “Mediterranean Heart” given on the occasion of his visit.
The President of the Republic, who will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides and Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides, will return to Cyprus on 25 January.
The Republic of Cyprus holds the presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) from 22 November 2016 until 19 May 2017.
According to an official press release, in the morning of 24 January, President Anastasiades will be welcomed at the Palais de l’ Europe by the President and the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, Pedro Agramunt and Wojciech Sawicki, respectively.
The President will later meet with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland. This will be followed by a meeting with the Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks.
At 1100 local time, the President will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and will later answer questions from members of the Assembly.
He will later hold a meeting with the President of the Congress Gudrun Mosler-Tornstrom. Subsequently he will attend a special ceremony to mark the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. He will later inaugurate, along with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, an exhibition about the Holocaust.
The President will then attend an official lunch hosted in his honor by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.
In the evening, President Anastasiades will visit the European Court of Human Rights where he will meet with the President of the Court Guido Raimondi in the presence of the Cypriot judge at the ECHR Georgios Serghides.
Later on the President will attend the concert “Mediterranean Heart” given on the occasion of his visit.
The President of the Republic, who will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides and Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides, will return to Cyprus on 25 January.
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