Safety, security and prosperity in Cyprus-US relations and developments in the Easatern Mediterranean were among the issues highlighted by the new US Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, John Breslow, following his meeting with President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday.

Cyprus and the United Kingdom have agreed on the implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of shipping, during a meeting in London on Tuesday afternoon between Cyprus Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanolis and her British counterpart, UK Maritime Minister Keir Mather.

US Special Representative for the Cyprus issue Raffaele Fitto is expected to hold meetings in Athens and Ankara in the coming days, while, according to well-informed sources, he is not expected to travel to New York during the High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly.

Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Marinos Mousiouttas, held a meeting in Vienna with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of nuclear protection on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus.

President of the House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou, took part in a discussion on the risks and opportunities arising from the use of artificial intelligence, in the context of parliamentary work and the functioning of democracy, on the final day of the 19th Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Small States of Europe in Andorra. In a separate development in Paris, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou highlighted Cyprus' approach to the safe, responsible and meaningful use of artificial intelligence in education, during the UNESCO Ministerial Summit on Education.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Clea Papaellina, highlighted the significance of the cooperation between the Republic of Cyprus and the People's Republic of China in protecting cultural heritage, during her address on Tuesday at a joint workshop on «Archaeological Science» of the National Centre for Archaeology (NACA) and The Cyprus Institute (CyI) that took place in Nicosia. In a separate development in Nicosia, representatives of the Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS) and the Chinese Embassy highlighted the importance of further strengthening cooperation in the field of standardisation.

More than 5,000 unaccompanied Cypriot children may have been transferred to and hosted in Greece between 1974 and 1979, compared with an officially recorded figure of 2,000, figures presented on Tuesday before the parliamentary committee on refugees indicate.

The importance of further strengthening Cyprus-China relations and cooperation, as well as the role of the media in bringing the two peoples closer, was highlighted by the new Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Cyprus, Yang Yundong, during his visit to the offices of the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).

Pafos FC moved to the top of the Cyprus League by Stoiximan standings with seven points after defeating AEK in Larnaca on Match Day 3 of the championship.