11 May 2026, Nicosia – On the sidelines of the informal meeting of the General Affairs Council, hosted by the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gherasimov held several bilateral meetings with:

- Marilena Raouna, Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus;

- Alexandra Papadopoulou, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece;

- Sigutus Mitkus, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania;

- Clara Staicu, Secretary of State for European Affairs of Romania;

- Ines Domingo, Secretary of State for European Affairs of Portugal;

- Fernando Mariano Sampedro Marcos, Secretary of State for European Affairs of Spain;

- Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine;

- Maida Gorčević, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro.

‘We discussed the efforts we are making at home to implement reforms across all sectors and our plans for the coming months. For our country, the support, expertise, and cooperation of the EU Member States and candidate countries are essential to ensuring we are as well-prepared as possible and to advance on our path toward the EU,’ said Cristina Gherasimov.