President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides and the Cypriot delegation arrived in Antalya, Turkey, shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 Cyprus time), ahead of the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31).
The President is accompanied by Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the President’s Special Envoy for the Cyprus issue for Asia and Africa, Nikos Tornaritis, as well as government officials.
EU Ambassador to Trkiye Aivo Orav and an ambassador representing the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present to welcome the President at Antalya International Airport.
The President and the delegation subsequently travelled to their hotel in a motorcade, with the vehicles displaying the words ‘Cyprus Delegation’. They were welcomed there by Greece’s Ambassador to Ankara, Theodoros Bizakis.