Cypriot President to pay official visit to Romania

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos will be departing on March 12 for Bucharest for an official visit.
During his stay in Bucharest, President Papadopoulos will be meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu.
According to an official press release, the visit will be taking place at a special moment for Romania, which joined the EU in January this year.
Topics to be discussed during the talks include ways to further strengthen relations between the two countries in sectors of mutual interest, such as trade, investments and tourism, as well as the creation of conditions that would allow the development of a truly constructive partnership between Cyprus and Romania within the EU.
The President will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs George Lillikas and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Michaelides, as well as a multimember delegation of businesspeople and representatives of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Employers and Industrialists’ Federation.
He returns home on March 14.