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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-02-08
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[01] GOVERNMENT - CYPRUS TALKS
[01] GOVERNMENT - CYPRUS TALKS
Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said that there are no
deadlines concerning the achievement of a political solution of the
Cyprus problem. Stephanou noted that the Greek Cypriot side
participates in the talks with a view to reach a solution the soonest
possible. Negotiations began early September 2008 between the leaders
of the two communities in Cyprus, Cypriot President Demetris
Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat with a view to
find a political settlement in Cyprus, divided since the Turkish
invasion of 1974.
The Greek Cypriot side is doing everything possible. We submit
positions at the negotiating table, which serve the agreed basis for a
solution, a solution as provided in the relevant UN resolutions, he
pointed out. Invited to comment on press information that this November
is considered a deadline for concluding the negotiations, Stephanou
stressed there are no deadlines.
«We have no deadlines in front of us. We discuss with the aim to reach
a solution the soonest possible, he said. Replying to questions, the
Spokesman said that Turkeys EU accession course is one of the tools,
which could contribute to the achievement of a solution. One of the
tools we use to help efforts to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem
is to exploit all those possibilities we are given through Turkeys
accession course, bearing in mind that the Republic of Cyprus is a
member state of the EU and through its EU course, Ankara has undertaken
responsibilities which have to do with the EU and the Republic of
Cyprus as well, he noted.
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