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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-09-02Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
0825:CYPPRESS:01[01] House President - Cyprus problem - Talksby Maria Chrysanthou New York, Sep 2 (CNA) -- President of the House of Representatives, Spyros Kyprianou, has said there are no positive signs about the outcome of a fourth round of UN-led proximity talks to begin in New York on September 12, pointing out that no pressure has been exerted on Turkey by either the United States or the European Union in order to abandon its intransigent stance in efforts for a solution to the Cyprus problem.Speaking at a press conference in the fringes of the Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments held in New York, Kyprianou said he was pleased by the numerous meetings he had with his foreign counterparts, which yesterday included the Chairman of the Russian State Duma and the Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly. CNA/MCH/MK/RG/2000 0950:CYPPRESS:02[02] Britain - Foreign Office - Cyprus - StroviliaLondon, Sep 2 (CNA) - A Foreign Office Spokeswoman has denied reports according to which Britain condones the measures taken by the Turkish troops in Strovilia."Such an interpretation of the meeting between officials of the Bases and the Turkish Cypriots would be mistaken", she said, adding that "we do not condone the measures taken by the Turkish side and we support any steps the (UN) peacekeeping force may deem necessary to take to return to the status quo ante". CNA/KT/RG/2000 1230:CYPPRESS:03[03] AKEL General Secretary - Stockholm - ConferenceNicosia, Sep 2 (CNA) - Left-wing AKEL General Secretary, Demetris Christofias, said today that one of the reasons "for the perpetuation of the Cyprus problem is the tolerance and covering that the NATO factor and particularly the Americans and the British offer to the policy of Ankara and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash".Speaking at the seminar "The just solution of the Cyprus problem and its positive influence on security and peace in the Eastern Mediterranean", organised in the context of International Conference of Progressive and Left Parties of Europe, taking place in Stockholm, Christofias said that "the international factor can and should play a very important role in order to create the preconditions for a solution of the Cyprus problem". CNA/RG/2000 1405:CYPPRESS:04[04] Pyla - Bicommunal workshopNicosia, Sep 2 (CNA) - Forty Greek and Turkish Cypriot students are meeting this weekend in the context of a bicommunal workshop, to discuss various issues, including the Cyprus problem.The workshop is organised by two Greek Cypriot and two Turkish Cypriot teachers at the mixed village of Pyla, some 25 kilometres south east of Nicosia, bordering one of the two British Sovereign Bases the UK has retained after it granted Cyprus its independence in 1960. CNA/MK/RG/2000 CNA ENDS Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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