Vatican City: Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, will attend Pope Francis’ funeral that will take place on Saturday morning at the Vatican.
According to Cyprus News Agency, President Christodoulides, who travelled on Friday evening from Montenegro to Rome, will arrive at St. Peter’s Square at 0830 (local time) to join other heads of state and government officials at the funeral service that will take place at 1000 (local time).
The President is accompanied by Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna, Cyprus Ambassador to the Vatican Giorgos Poullidis, Director of the President’s Diplomatic Office Doros Venezis, and Deputy Government Spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou.