British MPs to pay Cyprus official visit

10:56 - 13 February 2024

Current Affairs Reporter

A delegation of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cyprus in the British Parliament (APPG-CYP) is arriving in Cyprus for a two-day official visit, following an invitation by the House of Representatives.

The delegation is due to arrive on Tuesday, 13 February.

A House of Representatives press release says that the delegation is led by Group Chair, Conservative MP Caroline Nokes and Honorary Group Chair, Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale and Labour MPs Fabian Hamilton (Vice-Chair of APPG-CYP), Bambos Charalambous (Honorary Secretary of APPG-CYP) and Paulette Hamilton. The delegation is accompanied by President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK, Christos Karaolis.

During their stay in Cyprus, the British MPs will be received by President Nikos Christodoulides and House of Representatives President Annita Demetriou.

They will also have separate meetings with President of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Harris Georgiades and Members of the Committee and with the head of the Cypriot delegation to the Parliamentary Commonwealth Association (CPA) Aristos Damianou.

The British delegation will also have a meeting with the Mayor of occupied Famagusta Simos Ioannou and members of the Famagusta Municipal Council, at the Cultural Center of the Municipality in Deryneia.

The British deputies will also visit the buffer zone in Nicosia, accompanied by members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and the anthropological laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), where they will have a meeting with the members of the Committee.

(Source: CNA)

British MPs to pay Cyprus official visit

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