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President Christodoulides travels to Brussels for EU SummitUS, UK airstrikes target province of Saada in Yemen: Houthi group

President Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Brussels ?? Wednesday, where he will participate in the European Council, to be held on 1 February.

According to a Presidency press release, President Christodoulides will attend in the afternoon of January 31 an event organised by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, in memory of Jacques Delors, while in the evening he is expected to attend a dinner hosted by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, in honour of the leaders.

On Thursday, he will attend the European People’s Party meeting, followed by the European Council Summit, which will focus on the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the situation in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.

President Christodoulides will address the Summit, where he will refer, among other things, to the critical situation in the Middle East and the need for the EU to play an active role in ending the war and addressing its consequences.

The President of the Republic
, who will be accompanied Deputy Government Spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou, Director of the President’s Press Office Victor Papadopoulos and other officials, will return to Cyprus late in the evening of 1 February, the press release concludes.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

SANAA: The Yemeni Houthi group announced Wednesday that American and British forces carried out airstrikes on the province of Saada in the northwest.

The Houthi-affiliated channel, Al-Masirah, reported in breaking news that ‘American-British aggression targets the north of Saada city.’

The Ansarollah website which is affiliated with the group, quoted an unnamed security source who said: ‘American and British aircraft launched several airstrikes on the north of Saada city.’

‘This aggression will not pass without a response and punishment, and the aggressor countries must bear the consequences of their aggression,’ said the source.

As of 1745GMT, the UK and US have not commented on the report.

Source: Anadolu Agency