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[01] EU grateful to Cyprus for temporarily hosting Palestinians

[02] Cyprus satisfied with EU decision on Palestinians

[01] EU grateful to Cyprus for temporarily hosting Palestinians

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EU grateful to Cyprus for temporarily hosting Palestinians

by Nicos Bellos Brussels, May 13 (CNA) -- The EU Foreign Ministers have expressed their gratitude to the Republic of Cyprus for temporarily accepting the 13 Palestinians who were brought to the island after being released from Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity last Friday.

In a statement issued after the General Affairs Council in Brussels, the 15 Foreign Ministers note that "the Council welcomes the end of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem crisis, calls on all sides to respect religious and cultural monuments of the region and reiterates its gratitude to the government of the Republic of Cyprus for its valuable assistance to the EU governments in provisionally accepting the 13 Palestinians on its territory".

[02] Cyprus satisfied with EU decision on Palestinians

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Cyprus satisfied with EU decision on Palestinians

Nicosia, May 13 (CNA) -- Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has expressed the government's satisfaction regarding today's decision of the EU General Affairs Council to relocate to EU countries the 13 Palestinians brought to Cyprus after being released from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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