Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-11-09

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[01] President Papadopoulos stresses need for peace

[02] President: EU call on Turkey an important policy statement

[01] President Papadopoulos stresses need for peace

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President Papadopoulos stresses need for peace

Nicosia, Nov 9 (CNA) -- Peace means freedom, justice and equitable economic, social and cultural development, President Tassos Papadopoulos has stressed, adding that peace is the right to life itself.

In his address to the ''Peace Conference'', organized by the Cyprus Peace Council, he said peace and the solution of the Cyprus problem are linked and peace on the island signifies cooperation and coexistence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in one state with a single personality where all citizens will be equal before the law.

[02] President: EU call on Turkey an important policy statement

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President: EU call on Turkey an important policy statement

Nicosia, Nov 9 (CNA) -- President Tassos Papadopoulos has described a call by the European Union to Turkey ''an important policy statement'' which should have a positive fallout on the efforts to find a negotiated settlement.

He also said that the EU has always maintained that it will not substitute the UN in its peace attempts to solve the question of Cyprus and said he believes that any pressure from Europe on Ankara should be related to the start of accession negotiations.

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