Commissioner Damanaki visiting Cyprus

Commissioner Damanaki is on a two-day visit to Cyprus, to discuss the preparation of the EU presidency in the field of maritime affairs and fisheries for the second semester of 2012, when Cyprus will be in office, confirming the envisaged strong cooperation between the Cypriot and Commission services in this framework, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to EC.

Commissioner Damanaki highlighted the excellent spirit of cooperation between the Commission and the Cypriot Department for Fisheries and praised the Cypriot administration for the quality of its work in effectively making use of resources available under the European Fisheries Fund.

Commissioner Damanaki is meeting -among others- the Cypriot Minister for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Mr. Dimitris Eliades, the Speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives, Mr. Marios Garoyian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Markos Kyprianou and Mr. Dimitris Christofias, President of the Republic of Cyprus. She gave a speech on "Europe and the Euro: Overcoming the Crisis " at the Greek National Bank.