South Australian Minister for Small and Family Business, Consumer and Business Affairs, and the Arts, Andrea Michaels MP, met with the Cypriot Minister for Energy, Commerce and Industry, Natasa Pilidou, at the Australian High Commission Office in Cyprus on Tuesday.
The Cypriot Minister briefed the Member for Enfield on the work Cyprus is undertaking in the fields of renewable energy, rising prices in fuel and cost of living, as well as the nation’s commercial developments.
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In a Facebook post, the Australian High Commission Office said: “There are many areas of common interest between Cyprus and Australia, including in cooperating on climate change as South Australia has an identical climate to Cyprus and faces the same problems.”
“The Cyprus Institute’s collaboration with CSIRO at the Pentakoko Proteas heliostat project was discussed, as was the drought-resistant Xynisteri and Maratheftiko grape vines now being planted and researched in South Australia,” the post continued.
Minister Michaels, being of Cypriot heritage herself, encouraged further collaboration between Australia and Cyprus in mutually beneficial activities, and said she looks forward to celebrating the 50-year anniversary of bilateral relations in 2023.
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