Nicosia, June 16 -- Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed expanding bilateral ties and synergy in various sectors, and agreed to work on defence cooperation, innovation, and tourism.

While addressing a joint press briefing with PM Modi in Nicosia on Monday, Christodoulides said, "We discussed expanding our bilateral relations and synergy in various areas. We want to work on defence cooperation, crisis management, tourism, innovation and Artificial Intelligence. We agreed to work together so that we can produce concrete results."

He emphasised that Cyprus can serve as a gateway to European Union markets due to its geo-strategic location. He stated that the two nations agreed to advance ...