Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-06-08

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

CONTENTS

[01] CYPRUS PRESIDENT - RESHUFFLE

[02] CYPRIOT POLITICAL PARTIES MEETING

[01] CYPRUS PRESIDENT - RESHUFFLE

The composition of the new Council of Ministers, announced by Undersecretary to the President Christodoulos Pashiardes, is as follows:

Minister of Defence: Phivos Klokkaris

Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment: Fotis Fotiou

Minister of Justice and Public Order: Sophoclis Sophocleous

Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism: Antonis Michaelides

Minister of Foreign Affairs: George Lillikas

Minister of Labour and Social Insurance: Antonis Vassiliou

Minister of the Interior: Andreas Christou

Minister of Finance: Michalis Sarris

Minister of Education and Culture: Pefkios Georgiades

Minister of Communications and Works: Haris Thrasou

Minister of Health: Haris Haralambous

Undersecretary to the President Christoulos Pashiardes has been assigned the duties of Government Spokesman.

The new ministers will assume their duties on Tuesday 13, 2006.

[02] CYPRIOT POLITICAL PARTIES MEETING

A joint communique issued at the end of the meeting said that the leaders and the representatives of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot ``exchanged views on the role of the guarantor powers in Cyprus suggested by the Socialist Party of Cyprus.``

``They stressed interconnection between the solution of the Cyprus problem and the role of guarantors in Cyprus,`` the statement added.

In statements, leader of the Turkish Cypriot United Cyprus party Izzet Izcan said his party believes the future of Cyprus is without any guarantors. ``Guarantors are Cypriots to each other and the solution which will provide circumstances that we shall guarantee of each other,`` he noted.

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