The National Council is convening on Monday to review President Nikos Christodoulides’ recent trip to Brussels.

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Christodoulides was expected to inform the Council members about the outcome of his meetings in Brussels last week, on the sidelines of the European Council.

As part of his Brussels visit, Christodoulides met with UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

In addition, the President had a series of other high-level contacts and participated in the tripartite social summit, held last Wednesday, with the main topic being investments in the European economy.

The topics discussed at the summit included the closing of EU investment gaps, the reduction of strategic dependencies in view of the developments particularly in the Middle East and the transformation to clean and renewable energy sources to increase the EU’s energy independence.

During his visit, Christodoulides said Cyprus had demonstrated in practice that achieving European strategic autonomy was possible and described the response from EU member states amid the mounting tensions in the region as unprecedented.

“Cyprus has proved in practice that European autonomy is both feasible and real”, pointing to recent security cooperation with European partners following a drone incident on the island.