The need for the EU to closely monitor and be actively present in shaping the new situation in Syria, along with Cyprus’ proposals on the issue, will be outlined on Thursday by President Nikos Christodoulides during the European Council in Brussels.
Christodoulides will participate in Thursday morning’s enlarged meeting of the European People’s Party, which will focus on Enlargement of the European Union.
He will then meet with a group of like-minded leaders, on the subject of migration, the presidency said in a press release. The meeting will be hosted by the Prime Minister of Denmark and is expected to also be attended by the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Malta and the Czech Republic.
Christodoulides will also participate in the deliberations of the European Council summit, which will address, inter alia, Ukraine, the role of the EU in the world and migration.
On Thursday evening, the leaders will discuss developments in the Middle East and specifically the situation in Syria, over a working dinner.
Christodoulides will point out the need for the EU to closely monitor and be actively present in shaping the new situation in Syria, and will refer to the proposals of the Republic of Cyprus which were included in a document submitted by Nicosia to the EU.
On the sidelines of the European Council, the president will hold meetings with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU counterparts.
On Friday, Christodoulides will travel to Athens, where he will speak at the annual conference of the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations, which will be held at the Greek foreign ministry, under the auspices of the president of the Hellenic Republic.
Later on Friday, he will attend the event of the Association for Rehabilitation and Special Education of Persons with Disabilities ‘Panagia Evangelistria’, where first lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides will be declared an honorary member of the association.
On Saturday, the president will be in Kalamata, where he will speak at the international conference organised by the metropolis of Messinia, the general secretariat for religious affairs of the ministry of education and religious affairs, in collaboration with the Hellenic Parliament Foundation and the University of the Peloponnese, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion in Cyprus.
In the afternoon, Christodoulides will visit the University of the Peloponnese, where he will be awarded an honorary doctorate of the department of history, archaeology and management of cultural goods.
Christodoulides will also attend a special event by the municipality of Kalamata, during which he will be declared an honorary citizen of Kalamata.
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