Tzitzikostas in Cyprus for meetings and the shipping conference

European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, will wage a visit to Cyprus from Sunday to Monday (October 5-6) to enactment successful the Maritime Cyprus Conference 2025, 1 of the starring planetary maritime events, and to clasp meetings with the country’s leadership, including President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides.

On Sunday, Tzitzikostas will conscionable Christodoulides successful Nicosia to sermon the Cypriot government’s priorities, arsenic well arsenic the challenges Cyprus faces successful the fields of transport and tourism, which autumn under his portfolio.

He will besides visit a task funded by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s fiscal instrumentality supporting the improvement of efficient, sustainable, and interconnected trans-European networks successful transport, energy, and integer services, with Minister of Transport, Alexis Vafeades.

On Monday, Tzitzikostas will code the Maritime Cyprus Conference 2025, organized biennially by the Deputy Ministry of Shipping successful collaboration with the Cyprus Shipping Chamber and the Cyprus Union of Shipowners, successful Limassol.

The league brings together implicit 1,000 participants, including shipowners, shipping executives, regulators, and authorities officials from astir the world. During the event, the Commissioner will conscionable with Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, arsenic well arsenic Deputy Minister of Tourism, Kostas Koumis.

Additionally, helium will conscionable with President of the House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou.

As portion of his discussions with Cypriot leaders, Tzitzikostas will code cardinal European issues that will beryllium connected the docket during Cyprus’ Presidency of the Council of the EU successful the archetypal fractional of 2026, including sustainable transport development, strengthening the tourism sector, and advancing the EU’s maritime policy.

[Cyprus News Agency]