Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-03-17
CONTENTS
[01] UNSG - CYPRUS QUESTION
[02] FM - CYPRUS QUESTION - TURKEY
[01] UNSG - CYPRUS QUESTION
The international community should seize the momentum and the window of
opportunity after the election of Demetris Christofias at the
presidency of the Republic of Cyprus, UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon
has said.
In statements to the press after his monthly working lunch with UN
Security Council members, during which they discussed the Cyprus
question, Kosovo and Darfur, Ban expressed hope ``that we will be able
to see improvement and make some breakthrough in this long pending
issue in Europe``.
``The international community should seize the momentum and the window
of opportunity when Mr Christofias the new Cyprus president was elected
and is committed to the resolution of this issue,`` Ban noted.
Referring to his recent meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat in Dakar, Senegal, Ban said Talat ``also expressed willingness to
engage in constructive dialogue``.
``In that regard I have decided to dispatch Under Secretary General
Lynn Pascoe to lead an assessment team to engage in dialogue with all
the stakeholders there. We hope that we will be able to see improvement
and make some breakthrough in this long pending issue in Europe,`` he
concluded.
[02] FM - CYPRUS QUESTION - TURKEY
Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou believes that there is now a positive
climate in Europe as regards Cyprus and hopes that Fridays meeting
between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot
communities will yield results.
He also said that the government will make fresh efforts to improve
contact with member states of the Organisation of Islamic Conference
(OIC) in a bid to avert any negative development for Cyprus.
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