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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 97-08-06

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From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>

News Update

Wednesday, 06/08/97


CONTENTS

  • [01] Second round of talks confirmed by UN
  • [02] Greek Foreign Minister: Cyprus must accede to the EU irrespective of solution
  • [03] New Greek Ambassador in Cyprus


[01] Second round of talks confirmed by UN

The UN has officially confirmed that the second round of talks between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides will take place as planned near Montreux in Switzerland. "It's in the Troutbeck of Switzerland. It's a conference facility in a little village near Montreux and they want really minimum publicity for this second round", said the UN Secretary General's Spokesman Mr. Fred Eckhard yesterday. UN Spokesman in Nicosia Waldemar Rokoszewski specified to the Cyprus News Agency that the name of the village is Glion. The UN Secretary General's special advisor Diego Cordovez will chair the negotiations. Foreign envoys will also be present in Glion. Government Spokesman Manolis Christofides stressed yesterday that "we consider this round of talks of the utmost importance for a Cyprus settlement and an opportunity for overall discussion on the Cyprus problem." Moreover President Clerides confirmed yesterday that Attorney-General Alecos Markides prepared a document outlining the Greek Cypriot positions on the UN paper put forward at the first round of direct talks at Troutbeck (USA), by Diego Cordovez.

[02] Greek Foreign Minister: Cyprus must accede to the EU irrespective of solution

Turkey will not be admitted to the European Union (EU) and relations between Greece and Turkey will not improve if the Cyprus issue is not resolved, said Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos in an interview with the "Washington Post". Responding to a question if the Cyprus problem must be resolved prior to Cyprus' accession to the EU, Pangalos said that Cyprus would be better off if it were to join the EU with its problem resolved. The Greek Foreign Minister did stress, however, that Cyprus must accede to the EU irrespective of a solution to its problem.

[03] New Greek Ambassador in Cyprus

Greece's new Ambassador to Cyprus Kyriakos Rodousakis, who arrived in the island on 4.8.97, pledged to work towards "furthering contact and relations between the two countries, in all fields" including the political, economic, cultural and defence sectors. Rodousakis, has also stressed he is taking up his post at a crucial time for the Republic, in view of renewed efforts for a settlement of the protracted Cyprus problem and negotiations for the island's European Union accession.

From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/


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