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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-03-09
CONTENTS
[01] GREEK PM LEDRA STREET
[02] REHN - LEDRA STREET
[01] GREEK PM LEDRA STREET
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis described as courageous action
the decision of the government of Cyprus to demolish the wall at Ledra
Street.
In statements at the Belgium capital, Karamanlis said we welcome the
courageous act of high value and good will, of the Cypriot government
to demolish the checkpoint and we surely look forward to the response
of the other side, so that the point of crossing at Ledra Street, from
a dividing point to become a point of free communication for both Greek
Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
[02] REHN - LEDRA STREET
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn welcomed the demolishing of the
National Guard wall in Ledra Street in Nicosia, and hoped that the
opening of the crossing point would be a major symbolic step forward in
bringing both communities in Nicosia closer together.
In a written statement from Brussels, Rehn said, I welcome that the
wall at Ledra Street in Nicosia has been pulled down following a
unilateral decision of the government of the Republic of Cyprus.
He urged all parties concerned to use the momentum created by this
courageous decision and by the earlier removal of the footbridge by the
Turkish Cypriot community to rapidly take the next necessary steps to
effectively open the Ledra Street crossing in the centre of Nicosia.
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