|
|
|
Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 03-04-07
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
[01]Monday, 07 April 2003 UN report clearly blames Denktash for impasse,
says Government Spokesman
[02] President Papadopoulos meets US Ambassador and UK High Commissioner
[03] Cyprus signs recommendation on EU institutional reform
[01] UN report clearly blames Denktash for impasse, says Government
Spokesman
The UN Secretary-General's report on his peace-efforts in Cyprus was
presented to the parties last Friday night. The report will be submitted to
the UN Security Council which will hold consultations on Cyprus on 10
April. Commenting on the report last Saturday, the Government Spokesman Mr
Kypros Chrysostomides made the following statement:
"The report of the UN Secretary-General, which was handed to the parties
last night and which was submitted to the Security Council that will look
into the matter on 10 April, clearly puts the blame for the failure of his
efforts towards a settlement of the Cyprus problem, from June 1999 until 11
March 2003, namely until The Hague, on Mr Denktash. The report constitutes
a chronicle of Mr Denktash's refusal to engage in substantive and honest
negotiations for the solution of the Cyprus problem. The Secretary-General
mentions, in paragraphs 57 and 58, that Mr Denktash informed him in The
Hague that he was not prepared to agree to put the Plan to a referendum and
that he had fundamental objections to the Plan on basic points. It is also
mentioned that Mr Denktash believed that any further negotiations were only
likely to be successful if they began from a new starting-point and if the
parties agreed on basic principles. He further added that Turkey was not in
a position to sign the commitment that was required by the guarantor powers,
according to the Plan. Turkey, as the Secretary-General mentions, cited
previously unmentioned internal constitutional reasons."
[02] President Papadopoulos meets US Ambassador and UK High Commissioner
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, received
the US Ambassador to Cyprus, Mr Michael Klosson, and the British High
Commissioner, Mr Lyn Parker, in separate meetings last Friday, to discuss
the Cyprus problem in light of the recent letter by the Turkish Cypriot
leader, Mr Rauf Denktash, to President Papadopoulos and the latter's reply.
The Director of the President's Press Office, Mr Marios Karoyian, noted
after the meetings that Mr Papadopoulos had briefed the two Ambassadors on
the Government's position vis-a-vis the Denktash letter and its assessment
of the move by the Turkish Cypriot leader.
[03] Cyprus signs recommendation on EU institutional reform
The Republic of Cyprus has signed a recommendation along with other fifteen
members of the Convention on the Future of Europe, regarding the principles
and prerequisites for the reform of EU institutions. The recommendation was
endorsed by Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Portugal, Ireland and Finland, on
behalf of the EU member states, by all the acceding countries except Poland,
and by Bulgaria, from the group of the candidate states. In a press
conference held last Friday at the European Parliament, the representatives
of the sixteen countries at the Convention presented their suggestion and
stressed that it did not aim at implementing radical changes at the
community level, but rather at making reforms while maintaining the overall
balance of the current institutional structures. On behalf of Cyprus, the
recommendation was signed by Mr Michalis Attalides, Cyprus' representative
at the Convention on the Future of Europe.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
|
