Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos continued his contacts and meetings in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Regional developments and bilateral ties were on the agenda.
The Minister met Monday (NY time) with his counterparts from the UAE and India, among other officials. Kombos posted on X that it is always a privilege to meet his dear friend and colleague, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE.
”Exchanged views on reinforcing our strategic partnership, reaffirming excellent – bilateral ties. I also expressed full support for rapid progress in EU-UAE relations. Held insightful exchange on key regional files, and once again expressed solidarity with UAE’s Government and people”, Kombos posted on X.
The Minister also met with Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the UAE, with a focus on implementing the Cyprus-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Energy Partnership and implementing next steps ahead.
Kombos held also a meeting with PM/FM of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Than. “Reaffirmed the shared objective for regional stability and security. We also reviewed bilateral relations and examined concrete ways to further enhance them”, he said.
The Minister also attended an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in the margins of UNGA with Indo-Pacific partners, hosted by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas.
He said that on the agenda was the effective multilateralism for the prevention and management of security crises, EU and Indo-Pacific cooperation, including on maritime, critical-infrastructure security and emerging technologies and economic security, resilience, diversification of critical supply chains.
Kombos accompanied President Nikos Christodoulides with his meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah with Cyprus-Jordan bilateral relations, EU-Jordan relations and regional developments on the agenda.
Talks on how to strengthen bilateral cooperation, regional developments, as well as EU-Algeria relations were on the agenda of the meeting Kombos had with his counterpart.