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The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades leaves tomorrow for London and subsequently for New York where he will participate in the proceedings of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly and will address the Plenary of the Assembly.

In London, President Anastasiades will meet in the evening of 21 September with the leadership of the National Cyprus Federation of the United Kingdom and will brief them on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem.

On Sunday, 22 September, President Anastasiades will leave for New York.

During his stay in New York, the President of the Republic will meet with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, with heads of state or government who participate in the General Assembly and with the representatives of the five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. He will also participate in the 2019 Climate Action Summit of the General Assembly and will meet with the leadership and members of the Cypriot community as well as with American Jewish organizations.

Specifically, on 22 September President Anastasiades will meet with the leadership of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), while in the evening on the same day he will attend a dinner with the leadership of the Federation of Cypriot-American Organizations.

On 23 September, the President of the Republic will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Mr. Wang Yi, and later on, he will meet with the leadership of the American Jewish organization AIPAC.

On 24 September, the President, accompanied by his wife Mrs. Andri Anastasiades, will attend a reception hosted by the UN Secretary-General for heads of state participating in the General Assembly.

The President of the Republic will then hold a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Mr. Zoran Zaev.

Subsequently, President Anastasiades will attend a lunch hosted by the UN Secretary-General in honor of the heads of state, and in the evening he will attend, along with his wife, the reception hosted by the President of the United States of America and his wife.

The President of the Republic will address the General Assembly on 26 September and subsequently, he will hold a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr. Sergey Lavrov, and later on with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

In the evening, on the same day, the President will attend a dinner hosted by the Federation of Cypriot-American Organizations.

On 27 September, the President of the Republic will meet with the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres.

The President will subsequently meet with Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

President Anastasiades will then attend a lunch with the Permanent Representatives of the five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council.

The President will be accompanied in London and New York by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Nikos Christodoulides and the Government Spokesman Mr. Prodromos Prodromou.

The President of the Republic will return to Cyprus on 29 September.

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