French foreign minister on a Friday visit to Nicosia

Minister of Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian will pay a working visit to Cyprus on Friday, during which he will be received by the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, and will hold talks with Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides.

CNA has learned that during his one-day visit, Le Drian will also visit the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia, known as the Green Line, and will hold meetings with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar as well as members of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP).

Le Drian will also decorate former Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides with the Order of the Legion of Honour (Officer) which is the highest decoration in France, during an event that will take place at the residence of the French Ambassador to Cyprus, Rene Troccaz.