[01] BUSY MONTH AHEAD FOR PREMIER AND HIS NEW GOVERNMENT

[02] EUROPARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL FREEZE FUNDS TO TURKEY

[03] CYPRIOT PRESIDENT GLAFKOS CLERIDES TO ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[04] U.S. INTEND TO DRAW INITIATIVES ON GREEK-TURKISH RELATIONS AND CYPRUS

[05] GREEKS FROM ABROAD BRIEF U.S. LEADERS ON NATIONAL ISSUES AT CAPITOL HILL

[06] CYPRUS FOREIGN MINISTER:TURKEY'S GUILTY FOR CYPRUS' CONTINUED OCCUPATION

[07] CYPRUS: RAUF DENKTASH SENT RESPONSE LETTER TO GLAFKOS CLERIDES

NEWS IN DETAIL

[01] BUSY MONTH AHEAD FOR PREMIER AND HIS NEW GOVERNMENT

Greek Prime Minister and PASOK President Kostas Simitis will visit Cyprus on October 1, as it was scheduled before the elections, while on October 4 he will travel to Dublin, Ireland to attend the extraordinary European Union Summit meeting.

The country's new Parliament will be summoned for the first time on October 7 with the swearing-in ceremony for the new Parliament deputies, while on the same day PASOK's new Parliamentary Group will hold its first meeting.

On October 8, the new Parliament President will be elected and PASOK will propose Apostolos Kaklamanis again for the post, while on the following day the Parliament's five vice-presidents will be elected.

On October 10, the discussion over the government's policy statements willl begin and will conclude with the vote of confidence to the new government. On October 15, PASOK's Parliamentary Group will meet again to elect its Presiding Board.

[02] EUROPARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL FREEZE FUNDS TO TURKEY

The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday ruled with an overwhelming majority to freeze all European Union funds slated for Turkey from the upcoming year's budget.

The funds amounted to 93MECU which had been earmarked for the Turkey-EU Customs Union.

The conditions set for issuing the Customs Union funds were the respect of human rights and the Kurdish people, the end of Cyprus' illegal occupation and respect of other countries' territorial sovereignty.

[03] CYPRIOT PRESIDENT GLAFKOS CLERIDES TO ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides will address the United Nations General Assembly today in New York.

Mr. Clerides will emphasize the need to intensify the efforts in solving the Cyprus problem and will repeat his proposal to demilitarize the island. The Cypriot President will also remind his audience of the recent dramatic episodes at Deryneia where two Greek-Cypriot civilians were brutally killed in August.

[04] U.S. INTEND TO DRAW INITIATIVES ON GREEK-TURKISH RELATIONS AND CYPRUS

The United States are considering taking initiatives in the Greek-Turkish relations and the Cypriot issue, said the State Department's spokesperson Nicholas Burns following the yesterday's meeting held between Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher in New York.

At another press conference, Turkish Foreign Minister and ex-Premier Tansu Ciller provocatively stated that her country will consider international mediation only for a series of issues that concern he Aegean Sea, including the demilitarization of the Greek islands, and not solely for the Imia islets' sovereignty.

Mr. Pangalos categorically refused such proposal and commented on Ms. Ciller's claim that the Cyprus demarcation line is a turkish border by responding that such claim constitutes an admission of what Greece has long denounced, that is, the occupation of Cyprus.

Therefore, Mr. Pangalos concluded, demands for talks with Ankara and not Rauf Denktash, the self-called leader of Cyprus' occupied territory, are sensible.

[05] GREEKS FROM ABROAD BRIEF U.S. LEADERS ON NATIONAL ISSUES AT CAPITOL HILL

Greeks living abroad throughout the world continue their briefing session held at the Capitol Hill today with the United States' former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Hollbrooke and other U.S. officials, in the effort to inform them on the greek-turkish relations and the cypriot problem.

The American officials were briefed on Greece's positions while, throughout the session, a video was shown depicting the killing of the two Greek-Cypriot civilians at Deryneia in August. Also, the Macedonian Press Agency's periodical "Helliniki Diaspora" was warmly reviewed by the attendees and the magazine's spread on the recent episodes in Cyprus was highly commended upon.

Participants at the briefing session included the President of the Council of Greeks Abroad (SAE) and the United Greek-American Congress Andrew Athens, the President of the United States SAE Christos Tomaras, the World Coordinating Committee of the Cypriot Struggle Philip Christopher and the President of the National Coordinating Effort Eddy Manatos, as well as Greek-origin political leaders from Australia, Belgium, Canada and England.

A formal dinner followed, where the Cypriot Government representative Yiannkis Kasoulides relayed a salutation from Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides.

The session has been jointly organized by the United Greek-American Congress, the United States Council of Greeks Abroad (SAE), the World Coordinating Committee of the Cypriot Struggle and the National Coordinating Effort.

[06] CYPRUS FOREIGN MINISTER:TURKEY'S GUILTY FOR CYPRUS' CONTINUED OCCUPATION

Cypriot Foreign Minister Alekos Mihailides stated today that Turkey is guilty for the continued occupation of Cyprus, is the country that is behind all that is taking place on the island and cannot place all the blame on the occupied territory's self-called leader Rauf Denktash.

Morever, in regards to the dramatic episodes in Deryneia, Mr. Mihailides characterized the turkish behavior as uncalled for and invited Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller to examine the United Nations resolution on Cyprus.

[07] CYPRUS: RAUF DENKTASH SENT RESPONSE LETTER TO GLAFKOS CLERIDES

The self-called leader of the occupied territory in Cyprus Rauf Denktash has sent via fax his response letter to Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides in New York where the Cypriot leader is attending the United Nations General Assembly.

According to Mr. Clerides, Mr. Denktash's lengthy letter refers extensively to the cypriot problems as the turk-cypriot side sees them. According to reports, Mr. Denktash invites Mr. Clerides to a discussion spanning all issues of the cypriot problem, including the issue of the island's demilitarization.

The Cypriot President has stated that he will respond to Mr. Denktash immediately after his return to Cyprus.

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