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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-10-22
CONTENTS
[01] MEXICAN PRESIDENT - CYPRUS PROBLEM
[02] INTERIOR MINISTER - IMMIGRATION
[01] MEXICAN PRESIDENT - CYPRUS PROBLEM
Cyprus` new Ambassador to Mexico Vassilis Philippou presented his
credentials to Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, who assured
that his government would continue to show an active interest in
Cyprus.
He also said that he would continue to support the efforts of the
government of the Republic of Cyprus for a just, viable and functional
solution of the Cyprus problem to reunite the country, divided since
the 1974 Turkish invasion.
Philippou briefed the Mexican President on the course of ongoing UN-led
negotiations, between President Demetris Christofias and the leader of
the Turkish Cypriot community Mehmet Ali Talat, to achieve a political
settlement and thanked him for the steadfast and constant stance of
Mexico
[02] INTERIOR MINISTER - IMMIGRATION
Minister of the Interior Neoclis Sylikiotis said on Thursday that
immigration was an international phenomenon, which has positive and
negative elements, adding that policies were needed in Cyprus and
Europe to decisively tackle illegal immigration and at the same time
highlight the positive aspects of legal immigration.
Speaking in Larnaca after a meeting of the Red Cross European Platform
for Immigrants in Cyprus, Sylikiotis congratulated the Cyprus Red Cross
on organising the meeting, noting that ``in Cyprus and Europe the
issues of immigration and asylum are a priority.``
Sylikiotis said he has called for proposals in the framework of the EU
Solidarity Funds, noting that in this way ``immigration can become
positive for society and the development of EU member states, as well
as the countries of origin of immigrants.``
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