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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-06-27
CONTENTS
[01] GREECE - RUSSIA - CYPRUS QUESTION
[02] CYPRUS - TURKEY - UN - PROTESTS
[01] GREECE - RUSSIA - CYPRUS QUESTION
Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis departs today for Moscow, for
contacts with Russian officials on issues of mutual interst, including
the Cyprus problem.
Bakoyiannis will represent Greece in the Conference on Drug Combating,
taking place in the Russian capital.
During her stay in Moscow, Bakoyianns will meet on Thursday with her
Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and with other Russian officials.
During her meeting with Lavrov, Bakoyiannis is expected to discuss
Greco-Russian relations, the question of Cyprus, Turkey`s European
course, as well as relations between the EU and Russia.
[02] CYPRUS - TURKEY - UN - PROTESTS
Cyprus has protested to the United Nations the mass violations of its
national airspace and Nicosia FIR by Turkish military aircraft, during
the period 16 March - 8 June 2006.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Cyprus` Permanent
Represnertative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, strongly
protests the violations by the Turkish airforce, calling for an end to
this practice, which threatens air security in the area. The Cypriot
diplomat stresses that such acts do not help the mission of Good
Offices of the UN Secretary-General in the search for a solution to the
long-standing Cyprus problem.
He notes that Turkey continues to flagrantly disregard international
law and UN Security Concil resolutions, following a partitionist
policy, thus blocking progress in the efforts for a peaceful solution.
Mavroyiannis urges the Secretary-General to exert his influence towards
the Turkish government to avoid such acts that deteriorate the already
tense atmosphere and deepen even further the gap between words and
deeds.
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