Luxembourg's Minister for foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, will be visiting Cyprus on Tuesday and Wednesday this week at the invitation of Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulidis.

During his visit to Cyprus, Minister Asselborn will meet the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and with the Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulidis. Minister Asselborn will also have meetings with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akinci, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Lisa Buttenheim.

The meetings will take stock of the development of relations between Luxembourg and Cyprus, and on the Cyprus issue, as well as on issues of international and regional events, including the Near and Middle East.