Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean will travel to Limassol, Cyprus, on 9 – 11 October for a country visit and to open the 2022 Maritime Cyprus 2022 international conference.
On Sunday, Vălean will meet with President Anastasiades and representatives of the shipping industry from Cyprus and the rest of the EU, to discuss efforts to decarbonise shipping both in Europe and internationally.
On Monday, Commissioner Vălean will open the conference, together with President Anastasiades and Kitack Lim, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization.
She will meet the Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos, and the Deputy Minister for Shipping, Vasilis Demetriades. The Commissioner and the two ministers will then hold a press conference at 12:30.
Also on Monday, Commissioner Vălean will meet with the president and members of the transport committee of the House of Representatives. Later, she will also hold a debate with students at the Cyprus University of Technology regarding shipping studies in the higher education system of Cyprus.
Source: Cyprus News Agency