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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-08-05
CONTENTS
[01] PALMAS - TURKEY - HYDROCARBONS
[02] FMD - MEASURES
[01] PALMAS - TURKEY - HYDROCARBONS
Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas said on Sunday that the Republic
of Cyprus was exercising its sovereign rights and conducting
investigations in the context of international law and agreements
regarding tenders for the extraction of hydrocarbons, noting that
Turkey is violating international law and had not even signed the Law
of the Sea.
Commenting on Turkish Cypriot press reports that Turkey would be
sending out more research vessels at the end of August to find possible
hydrocarbon deposits, Palmas said ``Turkey`s behaviour is
unacceptable.``
``The Republic of Cyprus is doing nothing more and nothing less than
exercising its sovereign rights and carrying out investigations within
the framework provided for by international law and international
conventions,`` he said, adding that ``it is Turkey that is violating
international law and has not even signed the Law of the Sea.``
``So, such deafening statements and approaches on behalf of Turkey
leave us unaffected and we will continue, within the context of
international legality, to exercise our sovereign rights,`` he noted.
[02] FMD - MEASURES
Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Photis
Photiou said on Sunday that since Saturday the Republic of Cyprus has
been taking emergency measures regarding the arrival of visitors from
the United Kingdom at ports and airports, after a case of foot and
mouth disease (FMD) was found in Britain.
Photiou assured that there was nothing to panic about and that,
according to an EU plan, the Republic had to take certain measures.
These include visitors arriving on the island passing over a special
decontamination mat.
``All checks are being made for the people arriving in Cyprus, as well
as animal products,`` he said.
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