The visit was due to start at 10 a.m. local time with a meeting of the two presidential couples, followed by Duda’s private conversation with his Cypriot counterpart, Nicos Anastasiades, in the capital Nicosia.
A plenary session featuring both delegations was also scheduled, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
The Polish head of state’s top foreign policy aide, Jakub Kumoch, told Polish Radio that the trip had been designed to "tighten the ties" between the two countries, with talks set to focus on cooperation within the European Union, among other topics.
On Friday, Duda, accompanied by First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, will visit a team of Polish archeologists who are working at a site in Pafos, under the supervision of Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka, the IAR news agency reported.
During the two-day trip, the Polish president is also due to visit the headquarters of the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, as well as meet with the leader of the Cypriot Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, and the Speaker of the country’s Chamber of Representatives, Annita Demetriou.
The visit celebrates 60 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and Cyprus, officials said.
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Source: IAR