President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou, President of the House of Representatives of the Arab Republic of Egypt Hesham Badawy and President of the Hellenic Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis will hold on Wednesday in Nicosia the 2nd Trilateral Meeting of the Speakers of the Parliaments of Cyprus, Egypt, Greece.
A press release by the House of Representatives that will host the meeting says that Demetriou will open the Trilateral Meeting and introductory speeches will follow by her counterparts from Egypt and Greece.
The three sections of the Meeting will address the role of parliamentary diplomacy and cooperation in building peace and stability in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region, the role of energy as a driving force of regional cooperation and the challenges and opportunities for Cyprus, Egypt and Greece, as well as the importance of strengthening parliamentary cooperation, focusing on young people.
The meeting will also be attended, from the Cypriot side, by Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, George Karoulas, Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Nikos Georgiou, and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Culture, Panikos Leonidou. Egypt will also be represented by Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Environment, former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Chairman of the Egypt-Cyprus Friendship Group, Tarek Radwan.
The Hellenic Parliament will be represented by MPs, members of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs, Eleftherios Ktistakis and Constantina Giannakopoulou.
Cyprus Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Michalis Damianou, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Theodora Constantinidou, as well as representatives of the Parliament of Young Representatives, the Cyprus Youth Council and the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions were invited to participate as speakers in the three parts of the Meeting.
Finally, a Joint Declaration of the three Presidents of the Parliaments of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece will be adopted, followed by statements to the press.
