President of Hellenic Parliament in Cyprus on an official visit

President of the Greek Parliament, Phillipos Petsalnikos, begins today a series of meetings in the framework of his official visit to Cyprus.

The Greek official will hold in the morning a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, President of the House of Representatives, Marios Garoyian.

Later on, he will be received by President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias.

During his visit here, Petsalnikos will have consecutive meetings with the leaders of the Cypriot parliamentary parties.

He will also meet with Archbishop Crystostomos II and Mayor of Nicosia, Eleni Mavrou.

The President of the Hellenic Parliament will lay a wreath at the tomb in Makedonitissa (a Nicosia suburb) where Greek soldiers, killed during the 1974 Turkish invasion, are buried.

He will pay tribute to Greek Cypriots killed during the anti-colonial struggle in the mid 1950s against Britain, by laying a wreath at their graves. He will also visit the cease-fire line.

Petsalnikos will depart from Cyprus tomorrow.