Parliament Speaker Dimitris Syllouris is in London for a series of contacts with government officials and the British political world, with officials from the Commonwealth, the Cypriot community and others.
His agenda on Monday includes a series of meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green, Archbishop Gregory of Great Britain, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Britain's Exit from the EU, Hillary Benn, and the Secretary-General Even the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitak Lee.
On Tuesday the Speaker of Parliament will be received by the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland. He will then meet with House Speaker John Berkau and then House Speaker Lord Fowler.
This will be followed by a working lunch in the parliament with members of the Inter-Party Parliamentary Committee for Cyprus and later in the afternoon a round table discussion under the Business and Investment Council of the Commonwealth, in order to present the legislative investment framework in Cyprus with the participation of companies and companies based in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday the program concludes with a meeting and dinner of the Speaker of Parliament with the Executive Secretariat of the National Cyprus Federation UK.
Mr Syllouris will wrap up his visit on Wednesday morning with a meeting with the Lord Mayor of the financial center of London.
On Sunday morning, the Speaker of Parliament attended the Divine Liturgy at the Church of All Saints in Camden, north London, an orthodox church with a history of seven decades, which was operated by the first Greek Cypriot immigrants.
Addressing a short greeting to the faithful, Mr. Syllouris said that he felt obliged to attend this historic church for the Divine Liturgy, as the church offered shelter and was the home of the Greek community, keeping ties with Cyprus, tradition and religion. "This was the basis and the root for the Greek community to grow and prosper and to be able to help Cyprus, as it helps it in many ways," he noted.
He added that the meetings he will have with representatives and members of the parish will not be formal. "I want to listen to you, to listen to your suggestions and opinions because the important meetings that I will have take place in a very transitional period worldwide. "You here (in Britain) feel this insecurity perhaps more because of the decision taken regarding Europe, but we in Cyprus also feel insecure because of what is happening in our region", said Mr. Syllouris.
He added that the priority of his contacts with a British official is to see, among other things, how the Cypriot who is a British citizen will be protected after Brexit, what will be his relationship with Cyprus and consequently with Europe, but also the Cypriot citizen. living in the UK, including students.
Finally, she wished everyone a Merry Christmas and asked the parish to maintain contact with Cyprus, which recognizes what the expatriate Cypriots have to offer.
Source: KYPE
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