Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides had meetings with the heads and members of political groups on Tuesday during his visit to Strasbourg.

According to a presidency press release, in addition to addressing the European Parliament's plenary session and meeting with the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, the President of the Republic attended a working lunch with the President of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber, hosted by the leader of the EPP in the President's honour, which was also attended by the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament and the Vice-Presidents of the EPP, as well as Cypriot MEPs.

It is added that the lunch was also attended by the Government Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis, the Director of the President's Diplomatic Office Marilena Raouna and the Director of the President's Press Office Victoras Papadopoulos.

Subsequently, President Christodoulides had a meeting with the President of the European Parliament's "Renew Europe" group Stéphane Séjourné and with the Vice-President of the Social Democrats Pedro Marques, as well as a coordination meeting with the EPP political group, the press release concludes.