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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-02-14
CONTENTS
[01] Former EU Commissioner - Visit
[02] Dutch State Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Visit
[03] UNFICYP - Financial performance report
[04] Deputy House President - Iranian parliamentary delegation
[05] Cypriot MPs - Dublin - Cyprus problem
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[01] Former EU Commissioner - Visit
Nicosia, Feb 14 (CNA) -- Hans van den Broek, former European Union
commissioner responsible for enlargement, has welcomed the progress Cyprus
is making in its accession course for EU membership, expressing the
readiness to assist wherever he can this process.
The retired Dutch diplomat, on a visit to the island at the invitation of
the Institute for Eurodemocracy, called on Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot
leader Rauf Denktash to be more forthcoming in the UN-led peace effort,
which started in December 1999 with proximity talks between the Greek and
Turkish Cypriot sides and which the latter has abandoned.
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[02] Dutch State Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Visit
Nicosia, Feb 14 (CNA) -- Dick Benschop, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, arrives here Monday on a two-day
official visit during which he will have talks at the Foreign Ministry and
be received by President Glafcos Clerides.
The Dutch diplomat will also have separate meetings with House President
Spyros Kyprianou, the head of Cyprus' negotiating team with the European
Union George Vassiliou and the President of the Socialdemocrats Vasos
Lyssarides.
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[03] UNFICYP - Financial performance report
Nicosia, Feb 14 (CNA) -- The UN General Assembly appropriated just over 45
million US dollars gross for the maintenance of the UN peace-keeping force
in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for the period July 1999 to end of June 2000, according
to a report by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, released on Tuesday as an
official UN document.
One third of the cost amounting to 14,630,810 m. is provided by the
government of Cyprus and just over 6 m. is the voluntary contribution of
Greece.
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[04] Deputy House President - Iranian parliamentary delegation
Nicosia, Feb 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus House of Representatives Deputy President
Nicos Anastasiades received here today a five-member delegation from the
Iranian parliament, currently in Cyprus for a three-day official visit, at
the invitation of the island's parliament.
The two sides discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two
parliaments.
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[05] Cypriot MPs - Dublin - Cyprus problem
Nicosia, Feb 14 (CNA) -- President of the Foreign and European Affairs
Committee of the Cyprus House of Representatives, Tassos Papadopoulos, has
said a viable solution to the Cyprus problem and the island's accession to
the European Union (EU) would "allow the people of Cyprus to live in
conditions of lasting peace, stability and social and economic prosperity".
Speaking in Dublin, at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of the Oireachtas, Papadopoulos said Cyprus would appreciate the
contribution of the Joint Committee "to the efforts of the people of Cyprus
to reach a viable solution to the Cyprus problem, as well as to enter the
EU".
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