Pompeo to visit Cyprus on 6 January

Pompeo will meet with Anastasiadis and Akinji
According to reports, the agenda of Pompeo's visit to Cyprus will include bilateral relations, after the lifting of the arms embargo, developments in the Cyprus and wider Eastern Mediterranean region. Mr Pompeo, who is soon leaving the State Department to seek a seat in the Senate, will meet with his counterpart Nikos Christodoulides during his visit to Cyprus, and is expected to be received by the Cypriot President. . He is also expected to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci.

Signing of US-Cyprus Agreement
According to diplomatic sources in Nicosia, a bilateral security cooperation agreement will be signed during Pompeo's visit to Cyprus. It will refer to co-operation on issues in particular areas of common interest in the fight against terrorism, enhancing maritime and border security, and promoting regional stability.

It should be noted that Mike Pompeo's visit to Cyprus will take place only a few days after the signing of the interstate agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel on EastMed, a project of great interest to the US, while Mitsotakis' visit to Washington will begin the following day. , where he will have a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House. "The adoption of the East med Act is a historic development. US support for East Med pipeline recognizes the need to diversify Europe's energy sources, and with the construction of the Alexandroupolis floating gas station, Greece is on the world energy map for good," the prime minister said in an interviewfeatured in To Vima newspaper.