Salome Zurabishvili holds the first official reception at Avlabari Palace. The fifth president of the country, who refused to work in the Avlabari palace and moved to Atoneli"s residence, is hosting the President of the Republic of Cyprus in this space.
According to the protocol, a welcome ceremony will take place in the yard of the Avlabari palace ,the Cypriot and Georgian State anthems will be performed .
Salome Zourabichvili and Niko Anastasiadis will pay tribute to the flag of Georgia and present delegation members to each other.
The President of Cyprus has arrived in Georgia for the first time.The delegation of the Cyprus Republic is represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, the Speaker of the Government, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus to Georgia Kiriakos Kenevozos, Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Service of Cyprus.
The presidents of Georgia and Cyprus will hold both a face to face meeting and a meeting in the extended format, they will make joint statements for the media and participate in signing ceremony on bilateral documents.
Visit of the President of Cyprus to the Administration of the President of Georgia is called historic.
Meetings with Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze and Chairman of Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze are also planned.
In the framework of the official visit, the President of Cyprus Niko Anastasiadis and his wife Andri Anastasiadis will meet with Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia.
The Georgia-Cyprus business forum is also planned, which will be attended by the representatives of Georgia-Cyprus business representatives.