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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-08-22
CONTENTS
[01] EU Commissioner - T/C leader - Zurich
[02] Turkish Cypriot Platform - Gathering
[03] Spokesman - EU Commissioner - T/C leader
[04] Greek Minister - Turkey - EU - Cyprus
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[01] EU Commissioner - T/C leader - Zurich
Nicosia, Aug 22 (CNA) -- European Union Commissioner responsible for
enlargement Gunter Verheugen will meet Turkish Cypriot Rauf Denktash in
Zurich, next Monday, August 27.
This was confirmed here today by a spokesman of the European Commission
Delegation in Nicosia, who told CNA the Verheugen-Denktash meeting was an
initiative of the European Commission, which had accordingly informed the
governments of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey as well as the Belgian EU current
presidency.
CNA GP/2001
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[02] Turkish Cypriot Platform - Gathering
Nicosia, Aug 22 (CNA) -- A Turkish Cypriot organisation operating in the
Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus known as Platform "This Country is Ours"
organises on Tuesday, August 28, a march in the occupied part of Nicosia.
The gathering will take place on the same day Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf
Dentkash will meet UN Secretary-General Koffi Anan in Salzburg, Austria, to
discuss new UN efforts to achieve resumption of the Cyprus peace talks.
CNA MK/GP/2001
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[03] Spokesman - EU Commissioner - T/C leader
Nicosia, Aug 22 (CNA) -- European Union Commissioner responsible for
enlargement Gunter Verheugen has assured Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis
Kasoulides that the EU stood firm to its position on Cyprus and that in no
way it will encourage Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash for recognition
of the illegal regime in the areas of Cyprus occupied by Turkish troops
since 1974.
In statements in Nicosia, Cyprus Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou
confirmed that the EU Commissioner will meet Denktash in Zurich (near the
airport), next Monday, August 27.
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[04] Greek Minister - Turkey - EU - Cyprus
Nicosia, Aug 22 (CNA) -- Greece's National Defence Minister Akis
Tsochatzopoulos has said that Cyprus' bid to join the European Union is a
perspective that could indeed contribute to the stability in the eastern
Mediterranean region and will pave the way for the accession of the
Republic of Cyprus, including its Turkish-occupied part, to the EU.
Tsochatzopoulos, who was speaking at an international conference on
military history in Athens, noted that this perspective could eventually
serve as a bridge linking the EU and Turkey, "which unreasonably aspires to
join the EU while at the same time it objects the accession of the Cyprus
Republic and its northern part (occupied by Turkish troops since 1974) to
the EU, thus creating a contradiction, an European citizen could hardly
understand."
CNA MK/GP/2001
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