On December 1-2, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to the Republic of Cyprus. The programme of his stay in Nicosia includes a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus, negotiations with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannes Kasoulides, and talks with President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou and head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church Archbishop Chrysostomos II.
On December 1-2, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to the Republic of Cyprus. The programme of his stay in Nicosia includes a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus, negotiations with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannes Kasoulides, and talks with President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou and head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church Archbishop Chrysostomos II.
As The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation says the aim of the visit is to discuss a broad range of bilateral and international issues. There will be an exchange of views on Russia-EU relations, the state of Cypriot settlement, the situation in Syria and the Middle East region as a whole, and on a number of other topics. Nicosia has reacted to the downing by the Turkish Air Force of a Russian aircraft immediately and with full understanding of the Russian position. Russia’s and Cyprus’ positions on many issues are identical or close. Both countries are advocating a return to Russia-EU constructive cooperation and the strengthening of the United Nations’ central role in international relations as a universal institution for maintaining peace and security.
The department is sure that Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Cyprus will certainly contribute to the strengthening of cooperation and further rapprochement between our countries and peoples.
It is to add that Sergey Lavrov has expressed Moscow’s gratitude towards Nicosia’s principle stand after the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey on November 24. «We are grateful for the principle stand expressed by the government of the Republic of Cyprus in relation to the attack against our aircraft. Cyprus is very well aware of the provocative and hypocritical policy that Ankara systematically follows», Lavrov said, in-cyprus writes.
