Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-06-30
CONTENTS
[01] IAKOVOU NAMI MEETING
[02] WATER TANKER ARRIVAL
[01] IAKOVOU NAMI MEETING
Cyprus Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou and Turkish Cypriot
leader`s aide Ozdil Nami will meet Monday in view of a meeting to be
held Tuesday between Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish
Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
UN Secretary General`s Special Representative to Cyprus Taye-Brook
Zerihoun will be present at the meeting.
Christofias and Talat will meet on Tuesday for the third time since
their first encounter in March this year, after Christofias was elected
to the Presidency of the Republic. Following that meeting, six working
groups and seven technical committees have been set up to discuss day
to day concerns as well as core issues to prepare the ground for
substantive negotiations between the two leaders towards a political
settlement that will reunite Cyprus, which has been divided since the
1974 Turkish invasion.
[02] WATER TANKER ARRIVAL
The first tanker transporting 50 thousand cubic meters of water from
Greece is expected to arrive to the southern town of Limassol, Monday
evening.
In statements to CNA Ocean Tankers Chairman Michalis Ioannides said
there will be a delay at the arrival of the tanker due to the rough
seas at the Aegean. The tanker will dock at Limassol port.
The companys tankers can carry 50 thousand cubic metres of water daily
and the whole process will be concluded in 160 days that is in mid
November, according to the contract. Cyprus has bought eight million
cubic meters of water from Greece to offset the effects of the severe
drought that has hit the island.
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