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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-10-29
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[01] Cyprus and China sign agreement on cultural property and clandestine
excavation
[01] Cyprus and China sign agreement on cultural property and clandestine
excavation
Cyprus and China signed here on Tuesday a bilateral agreement for the
prevention of the theft, the clandestine excavation and illicit import
and export of cultural property between the two countries.
The agreement was signed on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus by the
Minister of Communications and Works Tasos Mitsopoulos and on behalf of
the People's Republic of China by Deputy Culture Minister Li Xiaojie.
The agreement determines ways of strengthening cooperation between the
two countries in relation to the prevention of the theft, clandestine
excavation and illicit import and export of cultural property, through
the exchange of information, relevant legislation and good practices,
training of staff, as well as exchange of information when antiquities
from the other country are discovered in international art markets.
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