Cyprus parliament speaker pays historic visit to Georgia
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The Parliament Speaker of Cyprus Demetris Syllouris has held his first historic visit to Georgia, as despite the 25-years of diplomatic relations none of the parliament speakers of Cyprus has ever conducted an official visit to Georgia.
Syllouris held his first meeting with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Kobakhidze, who said that the visit will "further enhance” Georgia-Cyprus ties in many directions.
We have excellent political, economic and cultural ties. We have also spoken about Georgian reforms and our steps taken towards Euro-Atlantic integration,” Kobakhidze stated after the meeting.
The Georgian official stated that Georgia and Cyprus both faced territorial problems which could be settled only in a "peaceful manner”.
Syllourisis scheduled to met with Georgian president and parliament speaker. He will leave Georgia on March 21.
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The government of Cyprus and Archbishop of the country Chrysostomos II have made an unprecedented decision to gift Georgia 12,295 square meters of land to build the most large-scale Georgian monastery complex in Europe there.
Georgia is enhancing its already strong partnership with Cyprus.
Meeting with the Parliamentary Speaker of Cyprus Demetris Syllouris, Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze called the parliamentary speaker’s visit to Georgia "historic”. He believes this visit is yet another step forward to strengthening cooperation between the two country’s legislative bodies.
This will be a historic visit as the president of Cyprus will come to Georgia for the first time. President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades will visit Georgia on April 16-18.
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