The President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis, who was accompanied by his wife Ms. Filippa Karsera Christodoulidis and the members of the Cypriot delegation, had a meeting with Pope Francis I today at the Holy See.
The President of the Republic and Pope Francis I first had a private meeting and then Pope Francis I received the members of the Cypriot delegation.
Pope Francis I presented the President of the Republic with a medal depicting St. Peter's Basilica, while the President of the Republic presented Pope Francis I with a silver replica of an olive tree symbolizing peace.
Subsequently, the President of the Republic and the Cypriot delegation had a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Holy See, Cardinal Parolin.
The President of the Republic will then have a meeting with ENI executives at the company's offices in Rome.