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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 99-10-29
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
Friday, 29 October 1999
[01] US Secretary of Defence calls on Turkish leadership to help solve
Cyprus problem
[02] Britain pledges to intensify efforts on Cyprus
[03] Excavations at lower city of Amathus completed
[04] COE Parliamentary Assembly stresses the need for South - East Europe
economy to recover
[05] Cyprus and Libya sign protocol of cooperation
In a recent letter to U.S Senators, US Secretary of Defence Mr. William
Cohen stated that with regard to Cyprus, " I can assure you that we have
made clear our view to the Turkish leadership, including the military
leadership that the Turkish side must drop its preconditions for talks and
come to the negotiating table".
Mr Cohen was responding to a letter he received this summer signed by the
majority of the Senate Armed Services Committee who called on him to urge
the Turkish military to work with officials of the Turkish government to
bring about a swift and equitable resolution to this decades old issue".
British Premier Mr. Tony Blair reconfirmed yesterday his government`s
position that the political solution to the Cyprus problem is not a
precondition for the country`s accession to the EU. Speaking to a Cyprus
News Agency correspondent in London, MR. Blari said that his government
will give more time for a solution to the Cyprus problem. Speaking at a
Labour Party meeting in North London, the British Prime Minister added that
"the accession of Cyprus does not depend on the success of negotiations for
a settlement there. That stands on its own right".
A new project of excavations couducted by Dr. Pavlos Flourentzos, Curator
of Antiquities at the Lower City of Amathus was completed. This year`s
excavations uncovered a road with south-north orientation, leading to the
city`s Forum. A total of 75 meters of this road was excavated. Its initial
worth, measuring 3 meters was flanked by two pavallel walls. The road has
supporting walls of rectangular shape at its external side the excavations
also brought to light a complex of rooms at the eastern side of the by-pass
road. The rooms communicate with entranas which have links. Pottery as well
as Roman and Byzantine coins and bronze tools were also among the finds
worthy of mention.
The Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Economic Affairs and Development,
during its current seminar in Cyprus on economic reconstruction and
development in South-East Europe after the Kosovo conflict, has called on
all participants in the Stability Pact to improve coordination among the
various organisations and programmes, streamline the decision taking
process and subject any possible overlap or duplication of effort to the
overall objective of getting the region back on its feet economically The
declaration stresses the need for Parliaments to play a more effective role
in moving the Stability Pact forward. There is also the urgent need to
protect public health in Kosovo and Serbia my means of an environmental
clean - up, and to establish the rule of law, democracy and human rights as
a condition for lasting economic growth, the Committee added in its
declaration.
Cyprus and Libya signed last Wednesday a protocol of cooperation in the
sectors of Commerce, Tourism, Transport and Social Insurances . The
protocol was signed by Cyprus Finance Minister Mr Takis Clerides and Libyan
Justice and Public Order Minister Mr Mohamed Belgasem El-Zwei. Finance
Minister Mr Clerides said that the protocol "will restore relations between
Libya and Cyprus", adding that the agreement provides for cooperation in
various sectors such as commerce, tourism, culture.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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