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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 03-09-22
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
[01]Monday, 22 September 2003 Foreign Minister leaves for US and Europe
tour
[02] Belgium opens Embassy to Nicosia
[01] Foreign Minister leaves for US and Europe tour
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Georgios Iacovou, departed yesterday
for New York where he will attend various meetings in the sidelines of the
58th annual UN General Assembly. Speaking to the press at Larnaca Airport
prior to his departure, Mr Iacovou said that he would represent President
Papadopoulos at a high-level meeting to review the global programme for
combating AIDS. President Papadopoulos and Foreign Minister Iacovou will
also hold a number of joint meetings as well as separate meetings with
their counterparts. Most of Mr Iacovou's meetings would be with his
counterparts from Islamic countries in view of the forthcoming Islamic
Conference in Kuala Lumpur on 11 October, as he noted.
On 23 September, the Foreign Minister will take part in an EU-Russia
meeting during which the '25' will hold talks with Russia's Foreign
Minister, Mr Igor Ivanov, to review developments. A similar meeting with
the US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, will be held on 26 September.
Mr Iacovou will also attend a meeting of 18 small and medium EU member
states, which will assess the progress made in the drafting of the European
Constitution. On 27 September, the Foreign Minister will depart for
Brussels to attend, on Monday 29 September, the EU General Affairs and
External Relations Council and address the Cyprus-EU Inter-parliamentary
Committee. He will then return to New York to continue his contacts before
returning to Cyprus via Rome, where he will participate in the Intergovernmental
Conference on the European Constitution beginning on 4 October.
Replying to press questions, Mr Iacovou noted that during President
Papadopoulos' meeting with the UN Secretary-General in New York, there
would be an exchange of views and both sides would convey their positions.
"However, there is a third side, the Turkish Cypriot side, which is far
from the positions of the UN Secretary-General", he added.
[02] Belgium opens Embassy to Nicosia
In line with the policy promoted by the Belgian Foreign Ministry to
establish diplomatic representations in all ten new EU member states,
Belgium has opened an Embassy to Cyprus. Heading the new Embassy is Ms
Colette Taquet, who took over as Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Belgium to
Cyprus. The Belgian diplomat had been serving in the Belgian Embassy to
London since 1999. She has also served in Belgium's Permanent Representations
to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and the UN Agencies for Food and
Agriculture (FAO) in Rome.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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