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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-09-13Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
0025:CYPPRESS:01[01] Cyprus talks - Fourth round - First dayby Maria Myles New York, Sep 13 (CNA) - The fourth round of proximity talks on the Cyprus problem began today in New York, with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan meeting first with President Glafcos Clerides and then with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, in the presence of his Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto.The meeting with President Clerides lasted for one hour and 15 minutes, during which time Denktash arrived at UN headquarters but did not bump into the President, as he said himself. CNA/MM/RG/��/2000 0110:CYPPRESS:02[02] UN Secretary-General - Cyprus talks - Statement to partiesby Maria Myles New York, Sep 13 (CNA) - UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said today that the equal status of the parties must and should be recognised explicitly in the comprehensive settlement to be reached on the Cyprus problem, noting that each side represents itself and no-one else.In a statement he read out to President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, during separate meetings he had with them on today's first day of the fourth round of proximity talks to solve the Cyprus problem, Annan noted that the comprehensive settlement must enshrine a new partnership on which to build a better future in peace, security and prosperity on a united island. CNA/MM/RG/��/2000 0255:CYPPRESS:03[03] UN Special Adviser - Cyprus talks - Press conferenceby Maria Myles New York, Sep 13 (CNA) - UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, intends to take a more active role in the current round of UN-led talks by joining them whenever appropriate with a view to move ahead, but also said that he is acting within the framework of UN Resolution 1250, which takes full consideration of relevant Security Council resolutions, his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, said here today.De Soto also said the precise definition of the equal status of the parties, engaged in the negotiating process, will have to be defined at the end of the process and noted that the UN does not view face-to-face talks as a necessity nor is it pressing for such talks. CNA/MM/RG/2000 0510:CYPPRESS:04[04] Government Spokesman - Cyprus talksby Maria Myles New York, Sep 13 (CNA) - President Glafcos Clerides called a meeting of the National Council and his advisers here today, to discuss developments following a statement by UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on the Cyprus peace talks.Speaking to the press after the lengthy meeting, Papapetrou said "the President of the Republic called a meeting of the National Council and his advisers, during which they examined what has emerged from a statement by the UN Secretary-General, which was made public". CNA/MM/RG/2000 0810:CYPPRESS:05[05] Foreign Minister - Statementsby Maria Myles New York, Sep 13 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides avoided any comment on developments in the UN-led peace talks, that opened in New York yesterday, noting that the National Council, the top advisory body to the President on the handling of the Cyprus question, is continuing to discuss the issue. Kasoulides also said a dinner hosted by a US senior official on Cyprus for President Glafcos Clerides did not take place yesterday because the President had work to do.CNA MM/MA/GP/2000ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1200:CYPPRESS:06[06]Police - Turkish Cypriot flees occupied areasNicosia, Sep 13 (CNA) -- A Turkish Cypriot businessman accused of embezzlement fled the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus and has come to the government- controlled areas in a bid to go abroad to find evidence to support himself, a security forces source told CNA today. Elmas Guzelyurtlu, owner of "Everest" bank in the occupied north, crossed over on Monday night. The 48-year-old man from the southern coastal town of Limassol has a Cyprus Republic passport and identity card, the source said. CNA ITS/MA/GP/2000ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1340:CYPPRESS:07[07]The Cyprus Hilton - Government - Sell-offNicosia, Sep 13 (CNA) -- The Republic of Cyprus today formally sold to "Louis Tourist Agency Ltd", the island's largest tourism organisation, its 81 per cent stake in the company owning and operating the Cyprus Hilton Hotel. The state owned 81,33 per cent of shares in the "Cyprus Tourism Development Company Ltd" which set up and operated the Cyprus Hilton Hotel, located in Nicosia, since the mid 1960s. CNA GG/GP/2000ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCYCNA ENDSCyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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