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President Nikos Christodoulides, is visiting Bruges, Belgium, on Wednesday, where he will address the College of Europe.<\/p>\nPresident Nikos Christodoulides, is visiting Bruges, Belgium, on Wednesday, where he will address the College of Europe.<\/p>\n
Government Spokesperson Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday that Christodoulides will address the college on invitation by Cypriot students association, as part of the national week dedicated to Cyprus. This is the first time that a President of the Republic will be visiting the college.The president upon arrival will be greeted privately by Rector Federica Mogherini and then he will address\u00a0 students and academics of the college and the European Diplomatic Academy. He will also meet with Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, before leaving for Brussels.On Thursday, Christodoulides will participate in deliberations\u00a0 of the European People\u2019s Party and will then attend a lunch to discuss the Middle East, the situation in Ukraine and global challenges with with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and EU heads of state.This will be followed by the summit and a working dinner to address the Middle East, Ukraine, migration, security, enlargement, and the EU\u2019s external relations.On Friday the president will participate in the 30th anniversary event of the European Economic Area, together with the leaders of the EU member states, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, followed by an enlarged Eurozone summit.Another meeting between Guterres and Christodoulides is also scheduled for Thursday, according to the Cyprus News Agency.Guterres arrived in Brussels on Tuesday evening for contacts with European leaders and officials, Deputy\u00a0Spokesperson Farhan Haq said during a media briefing at the international organisation\u2019s headquarters in New York.Christodoulides, who will be accompanied in Belgium by the government spokesman, the head of the president\u2019s press office Viktoras Papadopoulos, and other officials, will return to Cyprus on Friday evening.Follow the
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President Nikos Christodoulides of Cyprus is visiting Bruges, Belgium, to address the College of Europe on invitation by the Cypriot students association during the national week dedicated to Cyprus. This marks the first visit by a Cypriot President to the college. Christodoulides will be greeted by Rector Federica Mogherini, speak to students and academics, and meet with Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. His agenda also includes participating in European People\u2019s Party deliberations, discussing global issues with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and EU heads of state, and attending the 30th anniversary of the European Economic Area. Christodoulides will have another meeting with Guterres and will return to Cyprus on Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[711,2508,2509,2510,2134,1031,2523,1862,3,379,201,1841,2258,250,415,446,187,1346,2257,69,821,393,193,503,827,17,414,681],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-antonio-guterres","tag-belgium","tag-bruges","tag-brussels","tag-challenges","tag-christodoulides","tag-college-of-europe","tag-contacts","tag-cyprus","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-commission","tag-european-leaders","tag-google","tag-government","tag-iceland","tag-international","tag-meeting","tag-meetings","tag-middle-east","tag-migration","tag-new-york","tag-nikos-christodoulides","tag-president-nikos-christodoulides","tag-security","tag-ukraine","tag-un","tag-un-secretary-general"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n