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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-03-24

Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

CONTENTS

  • [01] House President - Verheugen
  • [02] Turkish Cypriots - UNFICYP - Bone Marrow donors
  • [03] Verheugen - Chief negotiator

    • 1210:CYPPRESS:01

    [01] House President - Verheugen

    Nicosia, Mar 24 (CNA) -- The results of the Helsinki EU Summit created a "window of opportunity" for Cyprus which the European Union will try to use, EU Commissioner in charge of enlargement Gunter Verheugen said here today after a meeting with House of Representatives President Spyros Kyprianou.

    Verheugen said they discussed the present situation regarding the Cyprus question, adding he could share Kyprianou's experience on "how to deal with" Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, since he will be meeting him later in the evening, in the Turkish-occupied part of Nicosia.

    CNA/FZ/RM/GP/2000

    ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
    1240:CYPPRESS:02

    [02] Turkish Cypriots - UNFICYP - Bone Marrow donors

    Nicosia, Mar 24 (CNA) -- Turkish Cypriots have expressed willigness to become bone marrow donors for a six-year-old Cypriot boy, Andreas Vassiliou, who suffers from leukaemia, UN Peace Keeping Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Spokesman Charles Gaulkin told CNA today, adding that all necessary arrangements are expected to take place next week.

    He added that blood samples will be taken from the Turkish Cypriot volunteers at the Ledra Palace checkpoint in the Nicosia buffer zone and then be sent by the UN to the laboratory of the Karaiskakion Foundation, where they will be tested for marrow matches.

    CNA/RM/GP/2000

    1415:CYPPRESS:03

    [03] Verheugen - Chief negotiator

    Nicosia, Mar 24 (CNA) -- European Union Commissioner for enlargement Gunter Verheugen said here today that Cyprus' accession process is "irrevesible" and the country is "very well on track, with no particular prpoblems."

    Cyprus' chief negotiator with the EU George Vassiliou said he had a "very good" meeting, adding that work for harmonisation should continue in earnest.

    CNA FZ/MM/GP/2000
    CNA ENDS

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