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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-02-17
CONTENTS
[01] PRESIDENT - US SENATOR
[02] CYPRIOT MPs OSCE
[01] PRESIDENT - US SENATOR
The US will offer any assistance Cyprus President Demetris Christofias
and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat may need, in their
efforts to find a negotiated settlement in Cyprus, US Senator Richard
Durbin has said.
Speaking after a meeting with President Christofias at the Presidential
Palace, Durbin noted that the US have not a specific offer to give, but
it is up to the two sides to decide what that help might be. We are
going from here to Athens and then to Ankara to encourage both leaders
and both governments to join us in this offer for assistance, he added.
The US official pointed out that President Christofias is showing
exceptional courage in moving forward with the peace negotiations to
try and bring Cyprus back together, and expressed hope the people of
Cyprus supports the two leaders.
This is a historic opportunity and I wish them (the two leaders) all
the success, he said, noting that it takes great courage for them to
keep working. Pointing out that this is not an official visit to Cyprus
and that he is not here as a representative of President Obama, Durbin
said that he will stress to the US President as well as the Secretary
of State that the US will consider this (the process for the solution
of the Cyprus problem), as an opportunity of history that we should not
miss. We should do everything we can if we are asked to call on to make
this work, he added.
[02] CYPRIOT MPs OSCE
Two members of the Cyprus House of Representatives Christos Stylianides
and Athina Kyriakidou depart on Wednesday for Vienna, to participate in
the 8th Winter Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 19-20
February 2009.
According to an official announcement, the Cypriot members of the House
and members of the Cyprus delegation to the Assembly will participate
in the Joint sessions of the three General Committees, the Committee on
Political Affairs and Security, the Committee on Economic Affairs,
Science, Technology and Environment and the Committee on Democracy,
Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions.
Stylianides will also participate in the Standing Committee Meeting,
which will discuss the OSCE missions and the Parliamentary Assemblys
future activities. The Joint Session of the three General Committees
will focus on the new initiatives on European security architecture put
forward by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, as well as French
President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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