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President Christodoulides to hold meeting with UN Secretary General in New York

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting today in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. President Christodoulides, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, will address today the UN Future Summit and hold meeting with the Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic and with King Abdullah II of Jordan. The meeting with the UN Secretary General is set for 3.40 pm. Yesterday, President Christodoulides held a meeting with the Presidents of the Cypriot Organizations of America and addressed an event organized by the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations. In his speech, he expressed the hope that the foundations will be laid for the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus issue in New York, adding that he expects that during the week of the United Nations General Assembly there will be specific developments regarding the Cyprus issue. Regarding the rest of his program, according to a press release by the Presidency, on 24 September, the President will attend a reception h osted by the UN Secretary-General for the Heads of State attending the General Assembly and the opening of the 79th UN General Assembly. Cyprus President will hold separate meetings with the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, the Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hammad Al-Sabah and the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He will address the UNSG September 25 and then the Security Council on promoting peace and respect for the UN Charter. The President will then attend a lunch with a delegation of the Hellenic American Leadership Council and meet with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani. Later in the afternoon, the President and his spouse will attend a reception hosted by US President Joe Biden and his spouse Jill, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On 26 September, President Christodoulides will meet with the High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset. He is also set to meet with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee and attend a lunch with businessmen, members of the American Express Club. In the afternoon, he will have a meeting with a Chevron delegation, to be followed by a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. On 27 September in the morning, President Christodoulides will have a meeting with the President of the Republic of Gambia, Adama Barrow and host a lunch with the Permanent Representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council. In the evening, President Christodoulides will attend and address the annual dinner hosted in his honour by the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations. The President of the Republic and his delegation return home on 29 September. Source: Cyprus News Agency