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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-05-19
CONTENTS
[01] Iranian Minister of Commerce - Interview
[02] Foreign Minister - Cyprus question - EU accession
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[01] Iranian Minister of Commerce - Interview
by Athena Arsalidou Nicosia, May 19 (CNA) - Iranian Minister of Commerce,
Mohammad Shariatmadari, has said that his country supports every effort for
a peaceful settlement to the Cyprus problem and expressed the view that
Cyprus will be his country's closest friend in Europe when it joins the
European Union (EU).
In an interview with CNA on the occasion of his three-day official visit
here, Shariatmadari said that with his counterpart Minister of Commerce,
Trade and Industry, Nicos Rolandis, they have been examining ways of
expanding bilateral relations, especially in the trade field.
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[02] Foreign Minister - Cyprus question - EU accession
Nicosia, May 19 (CNA) - Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides today said that
no developments are expected in the Cyprus peace effort at least until the
autumn, because despite diplomatic and silent efforts by foreign mediators
involved "the Turkish side has not been convinced to abandon its
intransigent demands".
Referring to the Republic's European Union accession course, Kasoulides
told a press conference that Cyprus is once again leading the other
candidate states in the effort to adopt the acquis communautaire and will
soon provisionally close 23 of the 29 chapters that have to be examined.
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CNA ENDS
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