[02] Denktash on Arsenis's visit to Cyprus.
No.158/96 3.9.96
NEWS ITEMS
[01] No one wishes to buy Salamis Bay Hotel in the occupied area
KIBRIS (3.9.96) reports that no customer was found who
would be interested in buying the Salamis Bay Hotel in occupied
Famagusta which was put on sale at a base price of 17 million USD.
The so-called council responsible for the selling of the Salamis
Bay Hotel, in the face of this development, referred the issue to
the so-called Council of Ministers.
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[02] Denktash on Arsenis's visit to Cyprus
According to KIBRIS (3.9.96), Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf
Denktash, commenting on Greece's National Defence Minister
Yerasimos Arsenis's statement that the Turkish occupation forces
will leave Cyprus, said that "if Arsenis wishes the Turkish troops
to leave the island, then Mr. Arsenis should remove the reasons
that brought these heroic troops to Cyprus".
Denktash also referred to President Clerides's joyful
welcoming of the Greek tank-landing ship SAMOS at Limassol port
and claimed: "The diplomats and the UN who have yet to understand
why Clerides refuses to come to the negotiation table should think
over Clerides' joyful welcoming of the ship."
He accused President Clerides of "advancing on the path
that will definitely divide the island".
As for his role during the Dherinia incidents, Denktash
alleged that he had urged the Turkish youth to be calm.