Disy MP Averof Neophytou will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to take part in the 51st Session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which is scheduled for Thursday.

Neophytou will be attending as the head of the Cypriot delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

According to a statement from the House, the session will cover, among other things, the latest developments in the field of multilateral trade negotiations, as well as the preparation of the next WTO Ministerial Conference, which will take place in the United Arab Emirates in February 2024.

The members of the steering committee will attend part of a regular meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), where they will be briefed about the progress achieved in various trade negotiation procedures, in view of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference.