Cyprus President Christofias on return visit to Armenia

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, will pay an official visit to Armenia on July 6 and 7, accompanied by his wife, Elsie Christofia.
During his visit to Armenia, President Christofias will have a private meeting with President Serzh Sargsyan, followed by talks between their countries’ delegations.
This will be the Cypriot president’s second official visit to Armenia, but his first as the chief executive of the Cyprus government. Mr Christofias also visited Armenia three years ago as President of the Cypriot parliament.
Azg daily editor Hagop Avedikian met Christofias in May 2007 and in an interview in Nicosia, the Cypriot official had expressed the warm relations between Cyprus and Armenia, as well as between Greek Cypriots and Armenians in Cyprus, and the importance of the Armenian Diaspora and Armenian heritage. He had also pledged to do everything within his powers to reopen the Melkonian school in Nicosia, recognised by the Greek Cypriots as a “jewel” in the history, educational and cultural life of Cyprus for 80 years.
The Cyprus President will also have a meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Catholicos Karekin II, as well as with the Mayor of Yerevan, Gagik Beglaryan.
During his stay in Armenia, President Christofias and his wife will visit the Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. He will also attend a working lunch with the Armenian Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian, as well as a dinner hosted by the Armenian President.
The President of Cyprus will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou, the Ambassador of Cyprus to Armenia (stationed in Moscow), Petros Kestoras, the Honorary Consul of Cyprus in Armenia, Armen Khachatryan, as well as the Representative of the Armenian Religious Group in the House of Representatives of Cyprus, Vartkes Mahdessian.