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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-09-14
CONTENTS
[01] TURKEY - SHIPS BARROT
[02] COMMISSION CYPRUS UN TALKS
[01] TURKEY - SHIPS BARROT
Turkeys refusal to open its ports to ships flying the Cypriot flag will
be discussed during the 10th Maritime Cyprus Conference that will be
held in the coastal town of Limassol from 23 - 26 September, in the
presence of Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner
for Transport Jacques Barrot.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Works and
Chairman of the Conferences Organizing Committee, Makis Constantinides,
has said that unless Turkey lifts the embargo it imposed on ships
flying the Cypriot flag, the EU Turkey negotiating chapter on
transport will not open.
Constantinides, who was speaking during a press conference today on
Maritime Cyprus 2007, said that the government is considering various
countermeasures to be granted to ship owners to offset the losses
resulting from Turkeys embargo, imposed since 1987.
This issue will be raised at the Maritime Cyprus 2007 Conference in the
presence of Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner
for Transport Jacques Barrot. The Turkish embargo is the only negative
aspect in the field of Cypriot shipping, he said.
[02] COMMISSION CYPRUS UN TALKS
Head of the European Commission Representation in Cyprus Themis
Themistocleous said that the Commission remains fully committed to
supporting a resumption of UN-led talks for a comprehensive settlement
of the Cyprus problem as soon as possible.
Commenting on Turkish media reports that EU representatives, which were
not named, had said that EU member states and institutions may
recognise the puppet regime in the Turkish occupied areas if the Cyprus
problem was not solved within the EU context, Themistocleous pointed
out that ``there is absolutely no foundation whatsoever for the alleged
statement by an EU official.``
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