Cyprus became the 11th country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement in an official ceremony in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 6 July 2016. From the left, Frederic Nordlund, ESA Head of External Relations Department and Alecos Michaelides, the Permanent Secretary of the Cypriot Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, with Marios Demetriades, Minister of Transport, Communications and Works.