President Nikos Christodoulides and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Cop31 climate summit in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya to discuss the Cyprus problem, as well as relations between the European Union and the country in which the meeting was held.
Christodoulides raised to von der Leyen the fact that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not remain on the stage to welcome him to the summit earlier in the day.
As well as his meeting with von der Leyen, Christodoulides also met the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu.
Christodoulides is expected to make a speech later on Wednesday at the leaders’ summit.
Tom is the Cyprus Mail’s chief reporter. An award-winning journalist, he speaks four languages fluently, watches his local football team home and away, and is an avid traveller.