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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-03-14
CONTENTS
[01] Government works non-stop to conclude bailout negotiations
[02] Defence Minister seeks France's support for accession to PfP
[01] Government works non-stop to conclude bailout negotiations
The government is working non-stop in order to successfully conclude
negotiations for a rescue package, Government Spokesman Christos
Stylianides said, ahead of a European Council and a Eurozone leaders
Summit.
In a written statement issued here, on Wednesday, Stylianides stresses
that the government will not negotiate publically and will inform citizens
as soon as there are new developments.
"The situation is difficult but there is no reason for panic", the
Cypriot Spokesman says, reiterating the government's assurance that a
bank deposits ‘haircut' or further cuts in payroll and pensions are
not up for discussion.
[02] Defence Minister seeks France's support for accession to PfP
Defence Minister Photis Photiou sought France's support to Cyprus'
request to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP), during a meeting with
the French Ambassador to Cyprus Jean-Luc Florent, on Thursday.
Cyprus` accession to the PfP is one of the priorities of the newly-elected
government.
Photiou and Florent also discussed the Cyprus problem and the protection
of Cyprus' sovereign rights in its Exclusive Economic Zone, and expressed
their political will to strengthen German-Cyprus relationships.
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