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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 03-12-05
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
[01]Friday, 05 December 2003 Cyprus Government welcomes Dutch Lower House
resolution
[02] Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary to attend EU meeting in
Amsterdam
[01] Cyprus Government welcomes Dutch Lower House resolution
The Cyprus Government has expressed its full satisfaction over the adoption
of a resolution by the Dutch Lower House, which affirmed that Turkey could
not begin accession talks with the European Union unless it complied with
the Copenhagen criteria and agreed to a plan providing for the end of the
division of Cyprus. Acting Government Spokesman Mr Marios Garoyian said
yesterday that all parliamentary parties, except the Labour party, had
voted in favour of the resolution.
"This is a very positive development which we welcome", Mr Garoyian
noted.
[02] Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary to attend EU meeting in
Amsterdam
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Sotos
Zackheos, departed today for Amsterdam to attend a two-day meeting of the
Permanent Secretaries of the Foreign Affairs Ministries of the 15 EU member
states and ten acceding countries, on 5 and 6 December. The meeting will
mainly deal with the EU's foreign policy and in particular, EU relations
with the Arab world and ways of promoting development in the Arab
countries. Another issue to be discussed concerns the creation of a
European Diplomatic Service, aimed at forming a common action between the
diplomatic services of the EU member states.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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