The head of Russia's state Duma Sergei Naryshkin invited to visit Cyprus on an official visit, the invitation was given on the last working day of the week the speaker of the Cypriot Parliament, Yiannakis Omirou at the meeting with the Russian Ambassador in Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy, informed.

the meeting discussed, for example, the forthcoming visit of the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis in the capital of Russia.

" According to the Greek proverb, friends are in danger, and Russia was a friend who was always very close to us in critical moments of Cypriot history, " said Homer.

" I asked the head of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to visit Cyprus in response to my visit to the capital of Russia in the past year, " said the speaker.

Naryshkin included in the sanctions list of the European Union, however, as explained Last news staff of the foreign Ministry in Athens, the penalties do not apply to official travel.

reporters asked the Russian Ambassador, does not contradict the deepening of Russia's relations with Cyprus EU policy with regard to the climate that exists in the EU due to the fall in the Ukraine.

" I think that we with Cyprus traditionally good relations and we will continue this relationship, despite the punishment, despite the crisis, not only in Ukraine, but in this region, " said Osadchiy.

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