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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 97-02-10
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
News Update
Monday, 10/02/97
CONTENTS
- [01] UN Secretary General sends letter on Cyprus
- [02] News in brief
[01] UN Secretary General sends letter on Cyprus
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in a letter to Greek Prime Minister
Costas Simitis, said an overall solution to the Cyprus problem can only be
achieved through mutual concessions, within the framework of negotiations
between the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.
In the letter, published on 9 February in the Greek daily ''To Vima'',
Annan supports that the elements required to draft a settlement are already
on the table, namely the high level agreements of 1977 and 1979 providing
for a bicommunal, bizonal federation, the UN Security Council resolutions,
the Ghali Set of Ideas, as well as other ideas examined over the years.
Annan clearly outlines the procedure for the negotiations, which he
believes will start in the coming months and expresses an intention to
decide on the next steps, as negotiations progress and after he is fully
briefed by his envoys.
For this reason, he is asking Greece and Turkey to offer their full support,
emphasising the urgency for a Cyprus settlement.
According to press reports, similar letters were sent to President Glafcos
Clerides, Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and Turkish Foreign Minister
Tansu Ciller.
[02] News in brief
- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides left the island on Friday 7.2.97 for a
week-long official visit to India with a two day stopover in Athens.
- The Cyprus government is to protest to the United Nations after a doctor
treating Maronites in the Turkish- occupied areas of Cyprus on Saturday was
forced by the illegal regime to abandon his mission.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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