Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 97-02-10

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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

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

- 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.

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