Scharping to head Euro delegation visit

A DELEGATION of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and the PES European Parliament group will visit Cyprus in June for discussions on the Cyprus issue.

The delegation will be headed by party Chairman Rudolf Scharping, the German Defence Minister, and the Chairman of PES European Parliament group Enrique Baron Crespo.

They will be accompanied by Cyprus’ rapporteur at the European Parliament, MEP Jacques Poos, and other high-ranking officials.

The delegation will visit Athens and Ankara afterwards.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the PES presidency in Brussels which was attended by Yiannakis Omirou and Panos Hadjiyiannis of the newly formed Cyprus Social Democratic Movement.

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