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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 03-05-14
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
[01]Wednesday, 14 May 2003 President Papadopoulos: G/C side's positions on
solution remain unchanged
[02] Russia continues to support resumption of UN peace talks
[03] Government gives out list of T/C missing persons
[01] President Papadopoulos: G/C side's positions on solution remain
unchanged
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, stressed
that the Greek Cypriot side's position that the Annan plan remained on the
table as the basis for further negotiations had not changed since The
Hague. Replying to press questions on the Cyprus problem, at the Presidential
Palace yesterday, the President noted that the UN Secretary-General was
fully aware of the Greek Cypriot side's positions as well as of the
amendments on the Annan plan that it wished to bring about.
"I believe that the Secretary-General understands that the amendments we
want aim at rendering the document more functional and viable, and that
they fall within the parameters of the Annan plan", Mr Papadopoulos further
said. Replying to another question, he expressed his position that the
recent measures of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr Denktash, were "not even
a step towards a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus problem". Asked to
comment on recent statements regarding the Cyprus problem by the Turkish
Premier, Mr Tayyip Erdogan, President Papadopoulos pointed out that Mr
Erdogan had never adopted a different policy on Cyprus than the one
followed by the Turkish military establishment.
[02] Russia continues to support resumption of UN peace talks
The Special Representative for Cyprus at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mr
Vladimir Prygin, has reiterated his country's support for the resumption of
the UN-led peace talks for a Cyprus settlement on the basis of the Annan
plan. Speaking yesterday after a meeting with the President of the House
of Representatives Mr Demetris Christofias, Mr Prygin categorically
dismissed Turkish Cypriot press reports according to which a Russian
military attache in Turkey had suggested the Serbian model for a Cyprus
settlement. The Russian diplomat noted that the reports were "distorting
Russia's policy on Cyprus".
On his part, the House President, Mr Christofias, expressed gratitude to
Russia for its "firm position in the effort to achieve a balanced and fair
UN resolution after the collapse of the talks in The Hague due to the
stance of Mr Denktash".
[03] Government gives out list of T/C missing persons
In accordance with a decision taken by the Council of Ministers on April 30,
a list of 500 Turkish Cypriot missing persons, whose cases have been
submitted for investigation to the Committee on Missing Persons, was
published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus number 3713.
The data and information pertaining to each case are those submitted to the
Committee on Missing Persons by the Office of the Turkish Cypriot
representative to the Committee. It should be noted that for 201 of these
500 cases details and information about the death and the burial place of
these persons have been given in the framework of the implementation of the
July 31, 1997 agreement on missing persons to the Turkish Cypriot
representative. Anybody having information, or knowing details that could
help in ascertaining the conditions of disappearance, or the fate in
general of any of the missing persons in the said list, is requested to
contact the appropriate government service, tel. 22305794 and 22305795.
Any information received will be treated as highly confidential in the
context of the efforts to solve a purely humanitarian problem. The list of
Turkish Cypriot missing persons can be found in the web page of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs at
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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