Subject: News I - Mon, 23 Aug 1993
From: zarros@turing.scs.carleton.ca (Theodoros Sp. Zarros)

        Athens News Agency Bulletin, August 23, 1993       
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	Nicosia, 23/8/1993 (ANA - G. Leonidas):   US President Bill
Clinton reiterated the United State's support for United Nations
peace efforts on Cyprus and blamed Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf
Denktash for the breakdown in the UN-sponsored talks in the US
president's bimonthly report to Congress on the Cyprus issue,
released August 19. Mr. Clinton also called on the Turkish
Cypriot leader to accept a package of UN-proposed
confidence-building measures and urged Turkey to use its
influence with Mr. Denktash to accept the package. The last
round of UN-sponsored talks broke down after the Turkish Cypriot
leader refused to accept the UN-proposed confidence building
measures.

	In his report, the US president reiterated the "strong support"
of the United States for the UN Secretary General's efforts to
find a solution that would be "acceptable and equally beneficial
to both communities" on Cyprus. Describing the UN-proposed
confidence-building measures as "balanced" and "scrupulously
fair", Mr. Clinton said the package offers substantial benefits
to both sides and must be accepted as a means to improve the
atmosphere for a just viable solution on Cyprus. The measures
"constitute a historic opportunity not only for the Turkish
Cypriot community but for all Cypriots and it would be tragic if
this opportunity for progress (in the UN-sponsored peace talks)
was lost", the US president wrote in his report. "It is time for
all the interested parties to build upon the significant
progress made by the UN Secretary General and resolve the
problems which have been outstanding for a long time", Mr.
Clinton said.


	United Nations, 23/8/1993 (ANA - M. Georgiadou):   Ambassador
George Papoulias, Greece's special envoy to the Skopje talks met
yesterday with the UN Secretary General's special
representative, Cyrus Vance, to convey the government's views on
resolving outstanding differences between Greece and the former
Yugoslav republic.

	"I conveyed the views of the Greek government and reiterated
Greece's support for Mr. Vance's mission (end expressed the
desire) for a positive outcome", Mr. Papoulias told reporters
after the hour-long meeting. "The discussion with Mr. Vance
centred on the procedures for the talks, which will begin
following our preliminary meeting today. After hearing our
views, Mr. Vance said he would meet tomorrow (Monday) with the
Skopje delegation. He will submit certain questions to them and
will secure certain answers and then communicate with us again
regarding the next step", the Greek envoy added. The UN
Secretary General's special representative began a round of
talks on August 11 aimed at resolving the differences between
Greece and Skopje within the framework of UN Security Council
Resolution 845. He is expected to hold another meeting today
with Skopje's deputy prime minister and acting foreign minister,
Stevo Cervenkovski.

	Mr. Papoulias said that Mr. Vance's meeting with the Skopje
delegation would indicate how the talks would proceed. The Greek
envoy said he had briefed Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis
and Foreign Minister Michalis Papaconstantinou on his talks with
Mr. Vance and was awaiting further instructions from Athens.
Asked whether the UN envoy still planned to visit Athens and
Skopje at the end of the month for talks with the heads of both
government, Mr. Papoulias the trip was "still on the agenda" but
that the date would depend on the outcome of the talks in New
York. "From our side, we reiterated to Mr. Vance that he is
always welcome in Greece at any time", he added.


	Athens, 23/8/1993 (ANA):   Four truckloads of Greek
humanitarian aid arrived in Serbia late Saturday after being
denied transit permission for two days by the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, government officials said yesterday. The
aid convoy carrying food and medical supplies was accompanied by
a 20-member delegation from the Greek Orthodox Church of Crete.
Citing procedural problems, Skopje had denied the trucks passage
for two days despite the fact that permission for the shipment
of food and medical supplies had already been granted by the
United Nations. Foreign Ministry Secretary General, Ambassador
Christos Zacharakis, on Saturday contacted the UN Sanctions
Committee in an effort to secure the right of passage for the
aid to Serbia.