June 15, 2019
President of the House of Representatives, Demitris Syllouris, said that the House is particularly sensitive to issues regarding sustainable development and the environment in general and would back hosting a UNECE summit.
A press release of the House of Representatives said Syllouris met on Thursday with Marco Keiner and Zaal Lomtadze, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) officials, in the presence of Dr. Adamos Adamou, Chairman of the House Standing Committee on the Environment.
The two officials are in Cyprus as envoys of UNECE Executive Secretary Olga Algareyova, to officially ask Cyprus to host the 2021 summit entitled “Environment for Europe”.