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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-12-17
CONTENTS
[01] 5th EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - RESULTS
[02] FM - PALESTINE - DONORS` CONFERENCE
[01] 5th EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - RESULTS
The 5th Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Energy held Monday
in Limassol, Cyprus, endorsed a comprehensive Priority Action Plan for
the Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation, running from 2008-2013.
Speaking during a joint press conference he gave with EU Energy
Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and the Portuguese Minister of Economy and
Innovation Manuel Pinho, whose country is holding until the end of 2007
the six-month rotating EU Presidency, Cyprus Commerce, Industry and
Tourism Minister Antonis Michaelides said that the absence of Turkey
from this Conference contradicts the spirit of fraternization between
the peoples.
He said that the example of the Palestinian Authority and Israel could
become a lesson for Turkey that through dialogue on such important
issues can sometimes bridge the gap regarding political differences.
[02] FM - PALESTINE - DONORS` CONFERENCE
Cyprus has always supported a comprehensive settlement of the Middle
East problem, Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis told
Monday the International Donors Conference for the Palestinian State
held in Paris.
Marcoullis said that with a view to help Palestinians to form their
state, the Cyprus government has already included the Palestinian
Authority in its Strategy for Development Cooperation.
As regards Cyprus financial contribution, she said that Cyprus will
give two million dollars covering the period 2008-2010, adding that a
part of this amount will be given for infrastructure projects while
half of it will be used to finance various vocational programmes and
programmes aiming to modernize the Palestinian Civil Service.
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