Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 12-12-20

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

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[01] Commission Vice President stresses quality of Cyprus EU Presidency

[02] MPs brief LIBE on the issue of missing persons in Cyprus

[01] Commission Vice President stresses quality of Cyprus EU Presidency

The Commissioner, who is responsible for the Digital Agenda, was speaking after the last EU Ministerial Council on Transport, Telecommunications and Energy, that took place in Brussels under the presidency of Minister of Communications and Works of Cyprus, Efthemios Flourentzou.

Kores, congratulated Cyprus "for its hard and fruitful work" saying II can assure you during the presidency you have proven that it is not the size of the country but the quality of the country".

Addressing the Cypriot Minister for Communications and Works, she said "I felt very blessed working with the Cyprus Presidency and especially with you".

[02] MPs brief LIBE on the issue of missing persons in Cyprus

The Cypriot Parliamentarians briefed the MEPs on the current situation as regards the process of identification of the fate of the missing persons, as well as the difficulties that Turkey imposes on that process due to Ankara's intransigent stance.

The Cypriot MPs asked their European counterparts to exert pressure on Turkey to alter its stance and open the archives of its army, to determine the fate of the missing persons, and generally to change its intransigence and cooperate for a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem.

Chairwoman of the Committee, Skevi Koukouma, noted that the Committee views the political aspect of the issue of missing persons in Cyprus as a very serious one.

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