European Commissioner for Animal Health and Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi is visiting Cyprus on Friday, 13 March amid an FMD oubreak on the island and the culling of thousands of animals in more than 35 units mostly in the Larnaca district.
The Commissioner will be at the “ZENON” Coordination Centre the airport in Larnaca in the morning, where he will meet with the Minister of Agriculture and representatives of affected livestock units.
A meeting will follow with the stakeholders, including agricultural organisations, producer representatives and state officials.
The Commissioner will then have meetings with representatives of political parties.
He will then be received at the Presidential Palace by the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides. Around noon he will make doorstep statements with the Minister.
The President held a phone conversation with the EC Head earlier this week following a request by the cattle breeders not to cull animals with no apparent symptoms.
(Source: CNA)
