Moldovan head of state, President of Cyprus discuss European integration
Moldpres,
12 December 2025 14:20
President Maia Sandu today paid an official visit to Cyprus, at an invitation by President Nikos Christodoulides. This is the first visit of a Moldovan head of state to Cyprus in the past two decades and comes as Cyprus is set to assume the rotating Presidency of the Europe...
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