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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-06-13
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[01] CYPRIOT-FRENCH FMs CONFER IN PARIS
[01] CYPRIOT-FRENCH FMs CONFER IN PARIS
Recent developments in the question of Cyprus and Franco-Cypriot
relations were the focus of discussions in Paris between Cypriot
Foreign Minister Yiorgos Lillikas and his French counterpart Bernard
Kouchner. Speaking after the meeting, Lillikas said that there was a
common understanding between the two ministers on important issues that
concern the European Union, such as the future of the European
Constitution, EU enlargement and EU-Turkey relations, in view of next
weeks EU summit.
We talked about recent developments in Cyprus, in the effort to resume
negotiations towards a political settlement that would reunited the
country, as well as bilateral relations, in particular areas which
would enhance these ties even more, the minister added. Bilateral
ties, he continued, could be further developed on the basis of an
agreement Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos has clinched during this
visit to Paris in November 2005.
Lillikas and Kouchner also talked about the French proposal for a
Mediterranean Union. We exchanged views about how to proceed with this
idea and some meetings will probably take place, either in Cyprus or
elsewhere, to take the dialogue on this matter further, Lillikas said
after todays meeting, which was also attended by French Secretary of
State Jean-Pierre Jouyet.
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