Minister of Foreign Affairs Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis will visit Washington around the end of December for meetings with the US administration. A State Department official has revealed that Marcoullis will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 20th December and other officials.

Her discussions with Clinton will include bilateral issues and the Cyprus issue, as well as energy concerns and matters that will be undertaken during the Cyprus EU presidency in the second half of 2012. The schedule of her contacts has yet to be finalised, however she is expected to see high ranking officials of the National Security Council and senior Congress officials.