Developments in the ongoing effort to find a negotiated settlement that would reunite Cyprus will be the focus of parliamentary delegation discussions in Australia this coming week.
“During our official visit, we shall brief our interlocutors on developments in the Cyprus issue, in the light of increasing Turkish intransigence, and seek their support in our effort to achieve a viable, functional and democratic settlement, on the basis of international and European law,” House President Yiannakis Omirou has said regarding his visit to Australia.
Replying to questions, Omirou said he expects their meetings to be “productive and fruitful”.
Omirou, heading a six member delegation, will pay an official visit to Australia, from February 6 to 12, at the invitation of the President of the Australian Senate John Hogg and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Peter Slipper.
The delegation will visit Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney and have a series of contacts with political personalities on a federal and state level.
The members of the Cypriot delegation will meet Shadow Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, Ken Smith, and the President of the Legislative Council of Victoria, Bruce Atkinson.
In Canberra they will meet the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade of the Australian Parliament and lunch with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, Shelley Hancock, the President of the Legislative Council, Don Harwin, and members of the Australia-Cyprus Friendship Group.
The delegation will also meet members of the Cypriot community of Australia, in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, as well as Archbishop of Australia Stylianos.
(source: cna)
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