Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-06-02

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

CONTENTS

[01] PAPADOPOULOS - CMP

[02] BULGARIAN OFFICIAL - CYPRUS

[03] CYPRUS - IRAN

[04] HOUSE - CHRISTOFIAS

[01] PAPADOPOULOS - CMP

Girod was accompanied by the UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Michael Moller. Also present were Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic Tasos Tzionis and the Greek Cypriot representative in CMP Elias Georgiades.

Commenting on the meeting, Government Spokesman George Lillikas said the Greek Cypriot side remains committed to its proposal for a meeting between the leaders of the two communities in the presence of Girod.

``We remain steadfast to the commitment we undertook, which was also a proposal by President Papadopoulos and which the UN Secretary General accepted, for a meeting between the leaders of the two communities in the presence of the third member of CMP, so that with their presence the two leaders could lend their political weight so that a clearly humanitarian issue could be led to a solution,`` Lillikas said.

He added that President Papadopoulos is ready for such a meeting any time and pointed out that it was not up to the President alone, or even Girod, but the concurrence of Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, whom Girod met on Thursday.

[02] BULGARIAN OFFICIAL - CYPRUS

Kalfin and Iacovou will be meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and talks will be held between delegations of the two countries.

During his stay, Kalfin will be received by President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos and House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias.

The Bulgarian official`s agenda includes meetings with Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lillikas and Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Christos Taliadoros. After the meeting with Taliadoros, an agreement on social insurance between the two countries will be signed.

[03] CYPRUS - IRAN

It also welcomes yesterday`s agreement between France, Germany, Britain, Russia, China and the United States regarding the submission of proposals to Iran.

``The Cyprus government strongly supports the finding of a peaceful solution to the issue of Iran`s nuclear programme through the diplomatic route and hopes that every possible effort will be made so as to avoid a crisis which would have unforeseeable and destructive consequences on regional peace, stability and world economy,`` an official press release says.

[04] HOUSE - CHRISTOFIAS

Christofias was elected with a total of 35 votes, 18 votes by the AKEL deputies, 11 by the deputies of the centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO), five votes by the deputies of the Social-democrats Movement (EDEK) and one vote by the deputy of the Movement of Ecologists - Environmentalists.

Nicos Anastasiades, President of the right-wing Democratic Rally (DISI) was also a candidate for the presidency of the House and the 18 deputies of his party voted against Christofias candidacy.

The third candidate was President of the European Party, Demetris Syllouris who was supported by the three deputies of his newly formed party that entered the House for the first time.

The 56 members of the new House of Representatives as well as the representatives of the three religious groups, (Armenians, Maronites and Latins) were sworn in at the start of the plenary session of the House, presided over by the eldest deputy, Costas Papacostas of AKEL.

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