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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 01-01-16
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[01] National Council - Cyprus peace talks
[02] Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Cyprus
[03] Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs - Cyprus
[04] Turkish occupied areas - Illegal court - Tziakourmas
[05] Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties - Meeting
[06] Cyprus - Cultural identity - ICOMOS
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[01] National Council - Cyprus peace talks
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) -- The National Council, top advisory body to the
President on the Cyprus question comprising Parliamentary party leaders,
has reconfirmed "the Greek Cypriot side's commitment to the continuation of
the (proximity) talks" and called on the UN Secretary-General "to
immediately set a date for their continuation".
The Council members were briefed today by President Glafcos Clerides on
meetings here by foreign envoys backing the UN-led proximity talks for a
settlement in Cyprus, in the light of threats by Turkish Cypriot leader
Rauf Denktash that he will not participate in the next round of talks
scheduled for later this month and his demand for a change of the procedure
followed since the talks got underway in December 1999.
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[02] Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) - Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annemie
Neyts arrives in Cyprus tomorrow on a two-day official visit.
During her visit, Neyts will be received by President Glafcos Clerides,
will meet with House of Representatives President Spyros Kyprianou, and
will hold official talks with her Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides. m
Cyprus on Thursday afternoon.
CNA/RM/RG/2001
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[03] Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs - Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) - Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Felipe Perez
Roque arrives in Cyprus on Friday on a two-day official visit.
On Friday, Roque will be received by President Glafcos Clerides and will
meet with House of Representative President Spyros Kyprianou.
CNA/RM/RG/2001
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[04] Turkish occupied areas - Illegal court - Tziakourmas
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) - The self-styled regime in the Turkish occupied
areas of the Republic has set a "hearing" for tomorrow morning, for the
temporary release on bail of Greek Cypriot Panicos Tziakourmas, who was
abducted last month and is being illegally held in the north.
Charles Gaulkin, acting Spokesman for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force
in Cyprus (UNFICYP), told CNA today that Tziakourmas would not be attending
the "hearing".
CNA/RG/2001
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[05] Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties - Meeting
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) -- The Movement to Restructure the Centre (MRC) and
the Turkish Cypriot Patriotic Union Movement (PUM) believe that all
citizens have the duty to get involved in the process of finding a
democratic solution to the Cyprus problem, so that Cyprus, as a unified
state, may proceed towards the European Union (EU), having ensured all
democratic and human rights for all citizens on the island.
MRC's President, Kypros Chrysostomides, met today with PUM's General
Secretary Izzet Izcan, who said he supported a solution guaranteeing the
unity of Cyprus, as a member of the EU and the existence of an independent
federal and sovereign state, in which the communities would be politically
equal.
CNA ITS/RG/2001
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[06] Cyprus - Cultural identity - ICOMOS
Nicosia, Jan 16 (CNA) - A page about Cyprus is included in the annual
report "Heritage at Risk" of the International Council on Monuments and
Sites (ICOMOS), regarding the monuments and the archeological places, which
are in danger.
The report refers to the Turkish occupation of the northern third of Cyprus
and to the fact that all Greek names in the north, which were testimonies
to the ancient Greek culture, have been changed as a result of the 1974
Turkish invasion and occupation of 37 percent of the island.
CNA/ITS/RG/2001
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