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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-03-28
CONTENTS
[01] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - FAMAGUSTA
[02] PARTIES - EVENTS
[01] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - FAMAGUSTA
The European Parliament Committee on Petitions has accepted a request
to keep the issue of the return of the Turkish occupied town of
Famagusta to its legal inhabitants on the agenda of the Committee,
after consultations, in which MEPs from Cyprus and Greece played a
leading role.
The request to keep the issue open was submitted during a meeting of
the Committee by its Vice-President, Greek MEP Maria Matsouka, and
Cypriot MEP Panayiotis Demetriou. The issue was first submitted in 2004
by Loizos Afxentiou on behalf of the Famagusta Refugee Movement.
[02] PARTIES - EVENTS
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties have launched a
series of events aimed at promoting rapprochement between the two
communities.
Speaking Tuesday night during the first event, a reception at Famagusta
Gate, Nicosia, organized by the Slovak embassy in Cyprus, left-wing
party AKEL General Secretary Demetris Christofias expressed the wish
that Greek and Turkish Cypriots will soon have daily contact and
meetings in a reunified Cyprus.
General Secretary of the Turkish Cypriot Republican Turkish Party Omer
Kalioncu said that our efforts have one goal, to reach an agreement
that will give us the opportunity to live together in our own
homeland.
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