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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-11-02Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
[01] SPOKESMAN - TALAT - LETTERCypriot Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas said on Friday that Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, in a letter on September 26 to the UN Secretary General regarding a speech delivered by President Tassos Papadopoulos to the 62nd UN General Assembly, is in fact citing the Annan plan.Palmas said "we received Mr. Talat`s letter last night, a four-page letter, through the Uited Nations." "In essence, through his letter, Mr. Talat is trying to answer to the speech made by the President of the Republic to the UN General Assembly, and in essence, through his remarks and positions in the four-page letter, is relegating to the Annan plan." Asked if in his letter Talat indicated any intention of meeting with President Papadopoulos before the February 2008 presidential elections, Palmas said no meeting had been set. "We have repeatedly said we are ready for a meeting to take place, always aiming at the implementation of the July 8 agreement," he added. [02] MARKOULLIS - LISBONCypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Erato Kozakou Markoullis will be flying to Portugal on November 4 to participate in the 9th meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EuroMediterranean Cooperation, to be held in Lisbon on November 5 and 6.According to an official press release, the EuroMediterranean Cooperation, which was established by the Barcelona Declaration in 1995, is the institutional framework of the Barcelona Process concerning political, economic, social and cultural cooperation between the 27 EU member states, as well as Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Tunisia and the Palestinian Authority. Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |