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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-11-23
CONTENTS
[01] CYPRUS FM - FINNISH PROPOSALS - FAMAGUSTA
[02] CYPRUS UN MONASTERY
[01] CYPRUS FM - FINNISH PROPOSALS - FAMAGUSTA
Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas said he has received
assurances that the issue of the return of the fenced-off city of
Famagusta to its legal inhabitants is still included in the ideas of
the EU Finnish Presidency, aiming to avert an EU - Turkey crisis.
The Cypriot FM reiterated that for Cyprus ``the key to any agreement
was and remains the return of the inhabitants of Famagusta.``
[02] CYPRUS UN MONASTERY
Cyprus has strongly protested to the UN, the intention of the Turkish
government to finance a project that aims to transform the annexes of
the historic Apostolos Andreas Monastery into a 120-room hotel.
In a letter dated 14 November 2006 addressed to the Secretary-General,
Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Andreas
Mavroyiannis says such developments aimed at destroying the character
of a highly important religious and cultural landmark of Cyprus.
In his letter, Mavroyiannis refers to the report in the Turkish Cypriot
newspaper Kibris of 30 October 2006, which said the so-called Chairman
of the Aid Mission of the purported Embassy in the occupied area of the
Republic of Cyprus, has announced that Turkey is ready to provide 1.5
million new Turkish lira in financial aid for the restoration and
reorganization of the surroundings and annexes of the Apostolos Andreas
Monastery, in order to promote religious tourism in the area.
The Government of the Republic of Cyprus strongly protests such
developments aimed at destroying the character of a highly important
religious and cultural landmark of Cyprus, the Cypriot Representative
said.
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