Bilateral Relations: New President of Cyprus to vist Greece

Dimitris Christofias, the Cyprus Republic's newly-elected president, has announced he will visit Athens next week.

Greek Athens News Agency reported that Christofias made the announcement shortly after his meeting with Greece's Ambassador to Cyprus Dimitris Rallis, who visited him to convey the congratulations of Greece's state and political leadership on his election and express the support of the Greek government and the Greek people in Nicosia's efforts to solve the Cyprus issue.

Christofias also revealed that he had spoken on the phone with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on Monday and agreed to a "first meeting of an exploratory nature" that is to take place after he is sworn into office and has returned from his visits abroad.