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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 03-06-11
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
[01]Wednesday, 11 June 2003 President Papadopoulos' statements on Turkish
violations at Strovilia
[02] Foreign Minister meets UN Secretary-General in New York
[01] President Papadopoulos' statements on Turkish violations at Strovilia
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, expressed
the position that Turkey was following a policy of provocations, both at
the Cypriot village of Strovilia and the Aegean Sea, and said he expected
the forthcoming UN Security Council resolution for the renewal of the
mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to strongly
condemn all Turkish violations of the status quo at Strovilia. Replying to
press questions yesterday regarding the latest Turkish violations at
Strovilia and the Aegean Sea, the President said that the Turks were
practicing a policy of provocations, which served their own motives and
purposes. He further said that all the reports by the UN Secretary-General
since 2000 had been referring to the violation of the status quo at
Strovilia by the Turkish occupation forces, noting, "We have now ascertained
not just a continuation but an expansion of the violation with new
provocative actions, and we expect a very powerful decision to be included
in the Security Council resolution condemning the initial violation and
condemning even more strongly the new violations of this year".
[02] Foreign Minister meets UN Secretary-General in New York
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Georgios Iacovou, had a meeting
yesterday at the UN Headquarters with the UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi
Annan, with whom he discussed the latest developments in Cyprus. Speaking
to the press after the meeting, Mr Iacovou said that he had outlined the
Greek Cypriot side's positions, namely that it was ready to return to the
negotiating table and resume talks for a settlement on the basis of the
Annan plan. The Cyprus Minister added that he had also referred to the
failed efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem in The Hague, pointing out to
Mr Annan that the responsibility lay with Mr Denktash and the Turkish
government, whose negative stance continued today.
"Mr Annan listened with great attention and I assess from what he said that
he is very satisfied with the Greek Cypriot side's position, and Mr
Papadopoulos' position. Indeed, he believes that the whole failure was due
to Mr Dentkash", he added. On the partial easing of restrictions on free
movement by the occupation regime, Mr Iacovou noted that the Secretary-
General believed these actions did not constitute any progress towards a
settlement of the Cyprus issue. Regarding the latest violations by the
Turkish occupation forces at the village of Strovilia, the Secretary-
General expressed the UN's position that these actions were provocative and
unacceptable and he called for a restoration of the status quo ante, as Mr
Iacovou pointed out. "He [the Secretary-General] expressed the position
that the Permanent Members [of the UN Security Council] have prepared a
resolution which, under the consequences, is quite condemning for the
Turkish side as regards Strovilia…", he also noted.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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