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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-10-15
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[01] Britain - Cyprus
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[01] Britain - Cyprus
London, Oct 15 (CNA) - Britain continues to support a bizonal, bicommunal
federation for Cyprus, the Head of the Southern European Department at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Jeremy Hill.
Hill has also welcomed the fact that the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides
continue to participate in talks and said a settlement is not a
prerequisite for Cyprus' accession to the European Union.
At a meeting between Barnet Conservative Councilors in London, Hill
reiterated his government's position for a solution of the Cyprus problem
based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
He pointed out that the political solution of the problem is not a
precondition for the Republic's EU membership, adding that the continuing
peace talks are an encouraging sign.
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[02] UN day – Chief of Mission - Cypriots
Nicosia, Oct 15 (CNA) – As the UN greeted Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the
buffer zone today, to mark 55 years since its establishment, people from
both sides of the divide have welcomed such events which give them the
chance to see each other and talk about the good old days before the
country was divided as a result of the 1974 Turkish invasion.
Many, especially the young, sometimes admit that they meet their
compatriots from the other side of the dividing wall of barbed wire and
military observation posts for the first time and are pleased to see they
do have things in common to talk about.
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