FM to participate in high-level meetings in New York

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister, Dr. Constantinos Kombos, is travelling to New York, where he will accompany President, Nikos Christodoulides, during the High-Level week of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, while he is to participate in several high-level meetings and have bilateral contacts, the Ministry announced on Saturday.

During his stay in New York, Kombos will hold a series of bilateral meetings with counterparts, and will participate in several high-level meetings, the press release adds.

‘Within this context, he will participate in meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union and of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth’, it said, adding that he will join round-table discussions on the Middle East Peace Process and the International Criminal Court.

Kombos will also attend a dinner hosted by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on transatlantic relations.

The Minister will sign on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), the press release concludes.

Source: Cyprus News Agency