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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-04-08
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[01] SERBIA - CYPRUS - TALKS
[01] SERBIA - CYPRUS - TALKS
ิhe question of Cyprus is an issue of principle for Serbia and relates
to support for Security Council resolutions and respect for the UN
Charter and international law, Foreign Minister of Serbia Vuk Jeremic
has said. In statements after a meeting here with Cyprus Foreign
Minister Markos Kyprianou, Jeremic referred to Kosovo, noting that
Serbia considers the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo
void and it carries no legal or political meaning for us. Referring the
same issue, Kyprianou said Cyprus does not recognise Kosovo. For us it
is a question of principles, a question of preserving and safeguarding
the territorial integrity of both countries. This is a UN principle, a
principle of the Helsinki Final Act, of international law and having
these principles as a basis we will never recognise Kosovo, Kyprianou
added.
Jeremic said it was a great honour for him to be the first minister of
Foreign Affairs of Serbia to pay an official visit to Cyprus. Our
friendship goes a long way and we have a long history of friendly
relations but it is only today that a Minister of Foreign Affairs is
paying an official visit to the Republic of Cyprus. We had a fruitful
conversation today. On the bilateral level we get an excellent
relationship and we are going to continue building on this fantastic
basis we have inherited from our predecessors, he added. Serbia
considers the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo void and
it carries no legal or political meaning for us. For us the territorial
integrity of Serbia remains intact, we are going to continue using our
diplomatic work, he added.
Kyprianou said they discussed various issues of mutual concern but also
bilateral issues and European issues. The good cooperation, the
good-friendly-brotherly relations between our two countries go a long
way back since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus and they
continue as both our countries have gone through difficult times, still
do and that brings us closer, Kyprianou noted. He said they discussed
the Cyprus problem, adding that both he and President of the Republic
Demetris Christofias, whom the Minister met earlier, had the
opportunity to brief the Minister on recent developments and the
beginning of a new procedure to help find a negotiated settlement in
Cyprus, that would reunite the country, divided since the 1974 Turkish
invasion.
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