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With instructions from the Parliamentary Speaker Dimitris Sioufas, the secretary-general of parliament, Nikos Stefanou, accompanied by other officials, visited Cyprus for meetings with their Cypriot counterparts on September 8 and 9.
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Parliaments secretary-general visits Cyprus
Γράφει ο/η Θεόφιλος Δουμάνης
12.09.08
With instructions from the Parliamentary Speaker Dimitris Sioufas, the secretary-general of parliament, Nikos Stefanou, accompanied by other officials, visited Cyprus for meetings with their Cypriot counterparts on September 8 and 9.
During the meetings, it was agreed to provide know-how by the Greek
parliament to the Cypriot House of Representatives, in sectors such as
IT and new technologies, library organisation and participation in
various European programs to boost infrastructures.
Subsequently, the Greek delegation met with the speaker of the Cypriot
House, Mario Karogian. Stefanou conveyed Sioufas proposal for the
transfer to Cyprus of exhibitions organised by the Greek parliament, as
well as the broadcasting, on a weekly basis, of the Cypriot Houses
activities by parliaments television station.