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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-11-22
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[01] NICOSIA - DEMINING
[01] NICOSIA - DEMINING
A historic event took place in Nicosia Wednesday, as the last two mines
in the Nicosia buffer zone were detonated, during a special ceremony.
At 11.30 local time, UN Secretary Generals Special Representative in
Nicosia Michael Moller and Andrew Rasbash on behalf of the European
Commissions DG Enlargement detonated Nicosias last mines using a remote
ignition, during a special ceremony at the Nicosia airport UN buffer
zone at the presence of EU Ambassadors to Nicosia, the Ambassadors of
the US and China as well as the Head of the European Commission
Representation here.
The demining programme began two years ago and is funded to a great
extent by the EU, that has already donated 5 million euros so far.
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