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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 01-05-02
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
Wednesday, 2 May 2001
CONTENTS
- [01] More Turkish Cypriots applying for Cyprus passports
- [02] Commerce Minister in US
[01] More Turkish Cypriots applying for Cyprus passports
The Minister of the Interior, Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou has confirmed
reports on a private TV station that the number of Turkish Cypriots
applying for Cyprus passports has increased over the past three months.
"While there has been a definite increase over the past three years, this
has been considerably greater over the past three months", he said.
The Minister said this increase is either due to the unfortunate tendency
of Turkish Cypriots to leave the occupied areas because of the increasing
economic problems there or to their realisation of the benefits of having a
Cypriot passport once the island joined the EU.
[02] Commerce Minister in US
Cyprus is a good trade partner for the US with bilateral commerce reaching
some 400 million dollars, Cyprus' Minister of Commerce, Industry and
Tourism, Mr Nicos Rolandis has said.
Speaking to reporters in Washington after separate meetings with US Trade
Secretary Don Evans and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Mr Rolandis, who
is on a three-day visit there, said he discussed issues relating to the
protection of copyrights as well as renewable sources of energy and natural
gas and oil deposits in the Mediterranean. He also briefed them on Cyprus'
accession course into the European Union and invited the two American
ministers to visit Cyprus.
Mr Rolandis added that relations between Cyprus and the US are being given
a new dimension through discussions with senators and members of the House
of Representatives on general economic matters.
Before returning to Cyprus today, Mr Rolandis will visit Baltimore
Washington International Airport for meetings with the Maryland governor
and other officials on the effort to introduce direct flights between the
US and Cyprus.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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