Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-07-11
CONTENTS
[01] UN - PAPADOPOULOS-TALAT AGREEMENT
[02] EU - PAPADOPOULOS TALAT AGREEMENT
[03] PAPADOPOULOS - KAKOYIANNIS - DECORATION
[01] UN - PAPADOPOULOS-TALAT AGREEMENT
UN Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Okabie referred to the agreement reached on
Saturday on bicommunal discussions during a meeting between Cypriot
President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat in the presence of UN Undersecretary General for political
affairs Ibrahim Gambari.
Okabie said that following the encounter the two leaders committed to
proceed by the end of July with technical talks on issues affecting the
day-to-day life of people on both sides and they also agreed on broader
principles concerning the need to seek a comprehensive settlement.
[02] EU - PAPADOPOULOS TALAT AGREEMENT
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn has said that an agreement
reached Saturday between Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat was an ``encouraging signal``
towards reaching a comprehensive Cyprus settlement under UN auspices.
Welcoming the ``positive outcome`` of the mission of UN Undersecretary
General for political affairs Ibrahim Gambari to Cyprus, he reiterated
Commission`s full commitment to supporting the resumption of talks as
soon as possible.``
``The fact that the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
communities, Tassos Papadopoulos and Mehmet Ali Talat, met three times
in one week is an encouraging signal that dialogue has a chance on the
island and that there is a perspective of re-launching a new process
towards reaching a comprehensive settlement under UN auspices,`` he
noted.
[03] PAPADOPOULOS - KAKOYIANNIS - DECORATION
Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos decorated Cypriot director
Michalis Kakoyiannis with the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III
for his services to Cyprus and his invaluable contribution to
contemporary Greek culture.
Speaking at the ceremony, which took place in Athens, President
Papadopoulos said Michalis Kakoyiannis did not choose the easy role of
a spectator before the continuing ordeal of Cypriot Hellenism but has
made ``Cyprus` tragedy a personal case, not only because Cyprus is his
birthplace, but because every Hellene who respects himself and his
history has a duty to feel and regard Cyprus as a matter concerning him
directly and personally.``
President Papadopoulos referred to the work of Michalis Kakoyiannis
``Attila `74``, noting that it is not a regular film but ``a gripping
challenge of collective national conscience, a substantive historical
attestation of the crimes of the coup and the barbaric Turkish
invasion.``
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