Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-12-11
CONTENTS
[01] BRITAIN - CYPRUS - POLICY
[02] CYPRUS - KOSOVO
[01] BRITAIN - CYPRUS - POLICY
Britain has reassured that ``our policy on Cyprus has not changed`` and
that its ``longstanding and explicit policy of non recognition`` of the
illegal Turkish Cypriot regime in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus
``remains.``
British Minister for Europe Jim Murphy, in a letter to President of the
National Federation of Cypriots in the UK Peter Droussiotis, notes that
``nothing in the Strategic Partnership document,`` signed recently by
the UK and Turkey, ``should be interpreted as an attempt to change the
status of northern Cyprus or promote partition.``
He adds that ``we remain committed to supporting the UN good offices
mission in Cyprus and the implementation of the 8 July agreement to
achieve a just, comprehensive and durable solution.``
[02] CYPRUS - KOSOVO
Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas said on Tuesday that the European
Union acknowledges Nicosia`s stance on the issue of Kosovo and there is
no possibility of the Republic of Cyprus being isolated from its other
EU partners.
Commenting on remarks that Cyprus would be isolated regarding the
recognition of Kosovo, Palmas said ``Cyprus is expressing a position of
principle, which it believes provides a guarantee in the event of
similar situations arising in the future regarding the unilateral
recognition of a state.``
``I would say that the stance and the approach we have adopted is
acknowledged regarding the specific issue and there is no possibility
of isolation,`` he added.
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