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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-01-29
CONTENTS
[01] President Clerides - Peace talks - Departure for Geneva
[02] European Investment Bank official - Cyprus
[03] Turkish environmentalist - Cyprus
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[01] President Clerides - Peace talks - Departure for Geneva
Larnaca, Jan 29 (CNA) -- President Glafcos Clerides said today that UN-led
proximity talks on the Cyprus problem beginning in Geneva on Monday aim at
an in-depth discussion on the four core issues, that is the distribution of
powers, terri torial aspects, security and property.
Speaking on his departure from Larnaca Airport for Geneva, President
Clerides also noted that the talks would not be turned into a discussion on
confidence building measures, because this issue could be discussed in
Cyprus, but added that such measu res could be discussed, as long as they
do not imply recognition of the illegal regime in the Turkish occupied
northern third of the island.
CNA RG/MA/2000
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[02] European Investment Bank official - Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 29 (CNA) - Vice President of the European Investment Bank
(EIB) Panagiotis Genimatas has said that the Cypriot economy is
"sufficiently flexible" to meet the challenges and benefits arising form
the opportunities opening up in t he Eur opean and world economy, which are
on an "optimistic course".
In a speech at a dinner held yesterday at the close of a two-day
meeting organised here by "The Economist" magazine entitled "Economic and
monetary outlook for Europe", Genimatas also said "the strategic direction
is towards a timely adhesion to the European Union".
CNA MA/RG/2000
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[03] Turkish environmentalist - Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 29 (CNA) - An environmentalist from the Green Group of Turkey
today expressed his solidarity to the wives and other relatives of Greek
Cypriots missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation of 37 per
cent of Cyprus' territory d uring a visit to the Ledra Palace checkpoint in
Nicosia along with ecologists from Greece, here for the 3rd Congress of the
Cyprus Ecologists and Environmentalists Movement taking place on Sunday.
Ender Eren said the protest held every weekend by the Greek Cypriot
mothers reminds him of the 'Saturday Mothers' who for two years had staged
a similar event every Saturday in a central square in Constantinople
(Istanbul). He told them that for the past year the "Saturday Mothers" have
been forbidden by the Turkish authorities to hold their event demanding the
return of their loved ones who have "disappeared" while under arrest or in
police custody.
CNA NMA/MA/RG/2000
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