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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-05-01
CONTENTS
[01] Cyprus Minister of Commerce - USA - Meetings
[02] Cyprus - Airports - Development project - International interest
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Cyprus Minister of Commerce - USA - Meetings
Washington, May 1 (CNA) -- Cyprus is a good trade partner for the US with
bilateral commerce reaching some 400 million dollars, Minister of Commerce,
Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis told CNA, after his separate meetings
in Washington with US Trade Secretary Don Evans and Energy Secretary
Spencer Abraham.
Rolandis, in Washington on a three-day visit, said he invited the two
American ministers to visit Cyprus and that he discussed issues relating to
the protection of copyrights and natural gas and oil deposits in the
Mediterranean, adding that he also briefed them on Cyprus' accession course
into the European Union.
CNA/DA/RM/MA/2001
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Cyprus - Airports - Development project - International interest
Nicosia, May 1 (CNA) -- Of the 23 international groups that responded to a
Cyprus government call for expression of interest in developing the
island's two international airports, in the coastal towns of Larnaca and
Paphos, 16 of them with airport operating experience are being invited to
pre-qualify, according to an official press release.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Works Vasos
Pyrgos expressed content with the "number of high quality companies that
have responded" and expressed confidence "that Cyprus will have a world-
class operator for its new world-class airport facilities".
CNA/RM/MA/2001
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