Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 96-12-21

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[01] Kornblum on US initiative on Cyprus

[02] Cypriot MPs to meet Clinton in February

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[01] Kornblum on US initiative on Cyprus

''I would say that there is a very strong consensus in Europe, in the United States, and I think also in Cyprus, that this is an issue which really does need to be solved now,'' Kornblum said.

He said also that he worked very hard during the year on the Cyprus issue, and that Ambassador Madeleine Albright, the designate Secretary of State, made an important visit in Cyprus.

''We worked quite hard, I worked personally, quite hard on it during the past year and as you know, Ambassador Albright in her role as US ambassador to the UN made a very important visit there in the summer,'' he noted.

The Assistant Secretary of State for Europe pointed out that all the elements for a solution in Cyprus are present, and it is a question for the participants to determine whether the time has come to push for a solution.

''I think that we have all of the elements of a solution there, and it's a question now of the participants, that includes the parties of the island and it includes the European Union, it includes the United States, it includes the United Nations, that all the parties now need to determine whether the time has come to push for a solution,'' Kornblum said.

Referring to this week's visit to Cyprus by the British Foreign Secretary, Kornblum said Malcolm Rifkind gave a very important push to the issue. He also announced that, when the new U.S. National Security team is in place, the US will work very hard to see whether the time has come to make such a push.

''Secretary Rifkind, I think, gave it a very important push with his visit. And we will be working once our new team is in place. We'll be working very hard also to see whether the time has come to make such a push, '' he added.

Kornblum concluded his remarks on Cyprus by saying that the Cyprus problem is a very complex issue and he preferred not to go into details right now.

CNA DA/MM/1996

ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

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[02] Cypriot MPs to meet Clinton in February

One of the MPs, Katerina Paschalidou, of the centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO), told Cyprus Radio the invitation to breakfast was conveyed to her from Senators and Congressmen.

The presidential breakfast, to take place at the Washington Hilton hotel, will be one of many events the Cypriot deputies will attend, Paschalidou explained.

''We shall have the chance to meet Senators and Congressmen as well as members of the Greek American community,'' she added.

The four-day programme of the visit to the US, from 4-7 February, includes dinner and working lunches with American officials.

''The visit will offer me a very good opportunity to be informed about this kind of programmes and get a better idea about the proposed US initiative on Cyprus,'' Paschalidou added.

The other two MPs who will go to Washington are DIKO deputy Marcos Kyprianou and United Democrats MP Androula Vasiliou.

CNA MM/EC/1996

ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

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