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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-01-05
CONTENTS
[01] CHRISTOFIAS - TALAT - TALKS
[02] GOVERNMENT - GAS - OCCUPIED AREAS
[01] CHRISTOFIAS - TALAT - TALKS
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has assessed positively Monday`s
meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, in the framework
of the UN-led negotiating process, which began in September with a view
to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem. Speaking after the meeting,
President Christofias said that the 14th meeting had a positive
outcome, noting that there has been mutual understanding between the
two sides.
Asked what the harmonisation of relations between the constituent
states and the federal government means, President Christofias pointed
out that it means exactly what it says: the harmonization of the
relations between the constituent states and the federal government. In
so many words, he said.
Christofias noted that during the tete a tete meeting he raised some
issues, on which he expects answers from Talat.
Asked whether the meetings will become more frequent in 2009, President
Christofias stressed that the most important thing is not the frequency
of the meetings, but the content of the meetings. Raising the issue of
the frequency of the meetings is counterproductive, Christofias
stressed, noting that today, due to the mutual understanding which
prevailed, there has been a positive outcome in a meeting that lasted
about an hour and a half.
[02] GOVERNMENT - GAS - OCCUPIED AREAS
Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said that the Republic of
Cyprus has been asked to supply Cyprus northern Turkish occupied areas
with gas and, as he pointed out, it responded positively to this
request. In statements to the press, Stephanou said that there is a
lack of gas used by hospitals in the occupied areas. We will supply
them with gas which will be paid at the price it is currently
purchased, he said, adding that its safe transportation has been
secured.
The Republic of Cyprus has responded positively to a request which has
a humanitarian aspect, he added. Asked if a similar thing has happened
in the past, Stephanou said that Cyprus Electricity Authority had in
the past supplied the occupied areas with electricity, with the consent
of the Cyprus government.
I believe these are issues which help and promote trust between the two
communities. They show that the Republic of Cyprus wants to take care
and takes care of Turkish Cypriots as well, he added.
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