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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-09-07
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[01] PRESIDENT SOLUTION - COMMITMENT
[01] PRESIDENT SOLUTION - COMMITMENT
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias reiterated on Sunday his
unwavering aim for a solution to the Cyprus problem on the basis of a
bi-zonal bi-communal federation, as this constitutes ``the only
realistic option`` for the reunification of Cyprus.
``Our commitment is a solution of bi-zonal, bi-communal federation
which would safeguard the unity of the state with a single sovereignty,
one international personality, one nationality and political equality
of the two communities, as defined by the relevant UN Security Council
resolutions,`` the President said in a ceremony which he laid the
foundation stone of a cultural centre in Larnaca.
``This,`` he added, ``is the only realistic option for the
reunification of our country, the riddance of the occupation, the
entrenchment of human rights, the termination of illegal settlement and
the liberation of Cyprus from any form of guardianship.``
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet
Ali Talat began on September 2008 UN-led direct negotiations aiming to
achieve a mutually accepted settlement of the Cyprus problem and they
will enter the second phase of the talks. Cyprus has been divided since
1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.
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