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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-02-11
CONTENTS
[01] PROPERTY - OCCUPIES AREAS
[01] PROPERTY - OCCUPIES AREAS
No restrictions have ever been imposed on the sale of Greek Cypriot
property, in the northern Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, Government
Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said, fending off criticism from the
opposition on the matter. The issue of selling Greek Cypriot occupied
property to Greek Cypriots is not new. In 2007 such sales have
increased and this government, the government of President Demetris
Christofias, is the only government which decided with a lot of
seriousness to deal with the matter, he stressed.
Speaking after a Cabinet meeting, Stephanou explained that there were
no restrictions to lift on the sale by Greek Cypriots to Greek Cypriots
of their property in the northern Turkish occupied areas of the
country. Replying to questions, he said property owners have been
selling their property to other Greek Cypriots through specific
procedures. In 2007, he added, land worth 6.800.000 euro was sold.
Following this, the Interior Ministry is looking into this issue and on
Monday a meeting has been convened to discuss its various parameters.
Since last September-October the Interior Minister, Neoklis Sylikiotis,
has suspended sales of this kind in order to consider the issue. The
property issue is currently on the agenda of ongoing UN-led talks
between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot
communities, with the first stressing that the owner of the property
must have the first say on the future of his property and the second on
insisting on compensation or exchange of properties.
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