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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 10-05-21
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[01] PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS - OFFICIAL DINNER
[01] PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS - OFFICIAL DINNER
Serbia can count on the support of Cyprus as regards its EU
aspirations, President Demetris Christofias has said, adding that this
issue is a priority in its 2012 EU Presidency. In his address at an
official dinner in honour of the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic,
President Christofias said that Tadic`s visit to Cyprus is proof of the
excellent bilateral relations, which date back to the first Conference
of Non-Aligned Heads of State or Government convened in Belgrade in
September 1961.
Referring to the Cyprus problem, he said that next week will mark the
first official meeting with his interlocutor, the new Turkish Cypriot
leader Dervis Eroglu. ``We expect constructive proposals by the new
Turkish Cypriot leader, as well as a reaffirmation of the agreed basis,
as set out in the two joint communiques of 23 May and 1 July 2008``, he
added. President Christofias said that ``it has been agreed with Mr
Eroglus predecessor that the solution will be based on a bizonal,
bicommunal federation with political equality as set out in the
respective Security Council resolutions, with a single sovereignty, a
single citizenship and a single international personality``.
``The negotiation process would be for the Cypriots and by the
Cypriots, without artificial timetables and arbitration, and it will
aim at a mutually agreed and acceptable solution to be put forward for
approval by the two communities of Cyprus in simultaneous and separate
referenda``, he said. He stressed that ``this basis needs to be
reconfirmed and we await the negotiations to commence in the framework
of the same procedure, from the point they were interrupted in March
2010``.
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