A US Congress delegation will visit Cyprus at the end of August to hold a series of meetings with officials dealing with financial matters, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) has learned.

The delegation will be headed by Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the US House Financial Services Committee, and will include other five members of the Committee. They will be visiting Cyprus on August 27-29. The members of the delegation are expected to hold meetings with Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, the Central Bank of Cyprus Governor, Constantinos Herodotou, the Chairwoman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, Demetra Kalogirou, and the Head of the Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS) Eva Papakyriakou.