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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-07-30
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[01] Alt.FM confers with UN envoy
[01] Alt.FM confers with UN envoy
ANA-MPA/Alternate foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas met on Friday with
the UN secretary general's special advisor on the Cyprus issue
Alexander Downer, with whom he discussed the ongoing UN-mediated
negotiations for a Cyprus solution.
During the 90-minute meeting, which was held in the context of the
regular meetings and systematic cooperation between the Greek side and
the UN representative, Downer made a detailed presentation of the
current state of the talks and the positions of the two sides on
Cyprus, as well as on the prospects of the negotiation, foreign
ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras told a press briefing.ANA-MPA
The two sides also discussed the next steps and the package of
proposals submitted recently by Cyprus President Demetris Christofias
aiming at giving new momentum to the negotiation process.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Downer stressed the importance
of maintaining contact with the governments of the three guarantor
powers -- Greece, Britain and Turkey -- and said that the UN has been
very close to the Greek position throughout the negotiation process,
and described Christofias' idea for an international conference as
"very interesting", but added, however, that the matter has not yet
been discussed with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and that it would
help if progress on the domestic aspects of the issue, such as that of
properties, has been achieved before convening such a conference.
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