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Cyprus News Agency: News in Greek (AM), 97-08-28

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>


PERIEXOMENA

  • [01] HPA - Kypros - Dhlwseis Ntini
  • [02] Dhlwseis Xolmproyk
  • [03] DHSY - Dhlwsei Ntini
  • [04] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Neolaia
  • [05] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Paroikia kai Kypros
  • [06] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Ekproswpoy - Xatzhsabbas
  • [07] Proedros Klhridhs - DHSY
  • [08] Ekproswpos - Dhlwseis YPEJ Italias
  • [09] Metabash YPEJ sthn Italia

  • [01] HPA - Kypros - Dhlwseis Ntini

    Oyasingkton,HPA,28/08/1997 (KYPE - Dhmhtrhs Apokhs)

    "Oi Hnwmenes Politeies anagnwrizoyn thn kybernhsh sth Leykwsia ws th nomimh kybernhsh ths Kyproy", tonise xqes se dhlwseis toy o ekproswpos toy Ypoyrgeioy Ejwterikwn ths xwras, Tzeims Roympin.

    Sxoliazontas tis proklhtikes dhlwseis toy YPEJ ths Italias Lamperto Ntini, gia thn Kypro, o k. Roympin shmeiwse oti oi HPA "diathroyn epafes me hgetes toso twn Ellhnokypriwn oso kai twn Toyrkokypriwn".

    Gia to qema twn diapragmateysewn ths Kyproy me thn Eyrwpaikh Enwsh (EE), o ekproswpos toy amerikanikoy YPEJ anefere oti "h EE qa apofasisei me poion qa diapragmateyetai stis eperxomenes entajiakes synomilies me thn Kypro".

    "Oi hgetes ths EE exoyn ergasqei gia na diasfalisoyn oti h toyrkokypriakh kai h ellhnokypriakh koinothta mporoyn na symmetasxoyn sthn entajiakh diadikasia", dhlwse o k. Roympin.

    Telos, o ekproswpos toy Steit Ntipartment epibebaiwse thn topoqethsh toy Tom Miller sth qesh toy Eidikoy Syntonisth toy YPEJ gia to Kypriako.

    Wstoso, h epishmh anakoinwsh gia to diorismo toy k. Miller qa ginei apo ton Leyko Oiko, sto ameso mellon, kai qa sxetizetai me thn proagwgh toy se Presbh.

    (KYPE/DA/MK/MA)

    [02] Dhlwseis Xolmproyk

    Oyasingkton,HPA,28/08/1997 (KYPE - Dhmhtrhs Apokhs)

    O Eidikos Apestalmenos toy Proedroy twn HPA gia to Kypriako, Ritsarnt Xolmproyk, dhlwse oti to Kypriako einai ena idiaitera polyploko qema, poy afora ena diairemeno gia 23 xronia nhsi.

    Se synenteyjh poy paraxwrhse sthn Eqnikh Dhmosia Radiofwnia, o k. Xolmproyk eipe oti to Kypriako apotelei mia shmantikh diafora metajy Ellhnwn kai Toyrkwn poy einai shmantikoi symmaxoi twn HPA sto NATO.

    O k. Xolmproyk anefere oti o Proedros twn HPA, Mpil Klinton, kai h Ypoyrgos Ejwterikwn, Mantlin Olmprait, protiqentai na katabaloyn kaqe dynath prospaqeia gia na bohqhsoyn sthn epilysh toy qematos, kaqws kai sthn epiteyjh staqerothtas sth notianatolikh Mesogeio, poy mazi me th Bosnia apoteloyn, opws eipe, tis pio epikindynes perioxes ths Eyrwphs.

    Gia tis apeiles toy T/K hgeth, Raoyf Ntenktas, oti qa ginei polemos ean h Kypros entaxqei sthn Eyrwpaikh Enwsh (EE), o Amerikanos Eidikos Apestalmenos ejefrase thn pepoiqhsh oti o Ntenktas den proxwrhse toso poly kai oti par' ola ayta h prooptikh entajhs ths Kyproy sthn EE einai qema krisimo poy qa prepei na antimetwpistei.

    Se erwthsh ean einai dynath h epilysh toy Kypriakoy, o k. Xolmproyk apanthse oti enas megalos ariqmos Amerikanwn diapragmateytwn, apo ton Ntin Atseson mexri ton Proedro Mpoys, prospaqhsan kai den ta kataferan.

    Eipe, telos, oti "qa katabaloyme thn kalyterh dynath prospaqeia", prosqetontas oti qa episkefqei thn perioxh argotera fetos.

    (KYPE/DA/MK/RAG/MA)

    [03] DHSY - Dhlwsei Ntini

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    O Proedros toy DHSY, Nikos Anastasiadhs, dhlwse shmera oti o Proedros Klhridhs epimenei oti qa prepei na ginoyn pio jekaqares dhlwseis apo pleyras italikhs kybernhshs kai na ginei akomh pio entonh h apolytothta ths qeshs ths pws anagnwrizei o,ti kai oi pagkosmioi organismoi kai oi alles kybernhseis.

    O k. Anastasiadhs proebh sthn pio panw dhlwsh meta th synanthsh toy Politikoy Grafeioy toy DHSY me ton Proedro Klhridh, klhqeis na sxoliasei to anakoinwqen toy italikoy Ypoyrgeioy Ejwterikwn sto opoio ginetai anafora se dyo ontothtes.

    O Proedros toy DHSY milhse, ejalloy, gia "kakohxes parafwnies" apo italikhs pleyras.

    Klhqeis na pei an o Proedros edwse dieykrinhseis giati o Italos Ypoyrgos proebh se aytes tis dhlwseis, o k. Anastasiadhs anefere: "Exei tis plhrofories toy o Proedros gia tis opoies omws den qa hqela na kanw dhmosia dhlwsh".

    Prosqese oti ekeino poy metra gia ton Proedro einai h qesh ths italikhs kybernhshs.

    (KYPE/MK/MA)

    [04] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Neolaia

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    Rolo komparsoy krata h neolaia twn apodhmwn, poy ekfrazei thn apogohteysh ths poy den lambanontai ypoch oi apoceis twn newn kai den tygxanei ths anagnwrishs poy ajizei.

    Ayto anaferetai kathgorhmatika sta porismata ths Epitrophs Neolaias toy 10o Pagkosmioy Synedrioy Apodhmwn Kypriwn, to opoio oloklhrwnetai shmera sth Leykwsia.

    Sta porismata ths, h Epitroph Neolaias epishmainei oti toso oi omospondies apodhmwn se diafores xwres, oso kai to idio to Synedrio, den exei parei th neolaia sta sobara.

    "Gia na epityxoyme otidhpote shmantiko, xreiazomaste th dikh mas organwsh", synexizei h Epitroph, tonizontas oti h organwsh ayth prepei na systaqei mesa ston epomeno xrono, "giati exoyme koyrastei na akoyme kenes yposxeseis".

    Taytoxrona, eishgeitai opws kaqe omospondia organwsei toys neoys toys etsi wste na dhmioyrghsoyn tis dikes toys epitropes.

    H Epitroph Neolaias eishgeitai opws to Synedrio twn apodhmwn anagnwrisei kai yposthrijei th systash ki egkaqidrysh mias Pagkosmias Omospondias Kypriakwn Organwsewn Neolaias Apodhmwn kai opws zhthsei apo to kentriko symboylio ths Pagkosmias Omospondias Apodhmwn Kypriwn na diasfalisei xrhmatodothsh apo thn kypriakh kybernhsh h to armodio ypoyrgeio, gia th systash ths en logw Omospondias.

    Opws anaferei anakoinwsh toy Synedrioy gia ta porismata ths Epitrophs Neolaias, oi antiproswpoi ths neolaias ths Notioy Afrikhs, poy einai organwmenoi, prosferqhkan na etoimasoyn prokatartiko katastatiko gia systash ths Omospondias kaqws kai syntomo perigramma gia to pws h kaqe omospondia qa prepei na organawsei th neolaia ths.

    (KYPE/RAG/MA)

    [05] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Paroikia kai Kypros

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    Sygkekrimena kinhtra gia epanapatrismo twn apodhmwn eishgeitai h Epitroph Paroikias kai Kyproy, sto 10o Pagkosmio Synedrio Apodhmwn Kypriwn, ta opoia perilambanoyn plhrh dasmologikh apallagh gia ola ta eidh oikoskeyhs toy epanapatrizomenoy kai th diagrafh toy oroy "metaxeirismena" apo th sxetikh pronoia.

    H Epitroph eishgeitai, epishs, ethsia timariqmikh anaprosarmogh apo to 1990 twn 7 xiliadwn lirwn poy pronooyntai gia thn agora aytokinhtoy ki epektash ayths ths pronoias kai stis oikogeneies paidiwn Kypriwn apodhmwn.

    Anaforika me thn iatrofarmakeytikh periqalch, symfwna me anakoinwsh toy Synedrioy, h Epitroph eishgeitai thn epektash ths apo eji mhnes se ena xrono.

    Ejalloy, sto programma drashs gia sthrijh ki enqarrynsh toy epanapatrismoy, h Epitroph eishgeitai opws oi ypeyqynoi twn ypoyrgeiwn dwsoyn th deoysa prosoxh sth swsth stelexwsh toy programmatos.

    Epishs, eishgeitai opws oi plhrofories gia th diaqesh qesewn ergodosias didontai mesw toy "Internet" ki epishmainei oti ta qerina maqhmata sthn Kypro gia paidia apodhmwn prokaloyn problhmata gia toys apodhmoys sth Notio Afrikh kai thn Aystralia, logw epoxiakwn diaforwn.

    (KYPE/RAG/MA)

    [06] Synedrio Apodhmwn - Ekproswpoy - Xatzhsabbas

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    "An ta Hnwmena Eqnh (HE) kalesoyn thn pleyra mas to Martio, h argotera h nwritera, gia synomilies gia lysh toy Kypriakoy, den exoyme thn polyteleia na poyme oxi", epeshmane shmera o Kybernhtikos Ekproswpos, Manwlhs Xristofidhs, enhmerwnontas toys apodhmoys Kyprioys kata th diarkeia twn ergasiwn toy 10oy Pagkosmioy Synedrioy toys, poy lhgei shmera sth Leykwsia.

    O k. Xristofidhs tonise oti h diadikasia twn synomiliwn einai synexhs kai den termatisthke, dieykrinizontas pws "aplws twra yparxei mia anapayla" s' aytes.

    Taytoxrona, o Ekproswpos dieceyse kathgorhmatika toys toyrkikoys isxyrismoys oti ta prwta tmhmata ths paraggelias twn rwsikwn pyraylwn S-300 qa egkatastaqoyn sthn Kypro ton prosexh Dekembrio.

    O k. Xristofidhs jekaqarise oti oi pyrayloi "qa paralhfqoyn mesa sto 1998, sta mesa toy 1998, enw den qa paralhfqoyn an tyxon yparjei symfwnia panw sthn protash toy Proedroy ths Dhmokratias gia apostratikopoihsh h an yparjei proodos sto Kypriako poy na dikaiologei mia tetoia apofash".

    Enocei twn pio panw toyrkikwn isxyrismwn kai twn toyrkikwn apeilwn gia prosarthsh twn katexomenwn an proxwrhsei h entajiakh poreia ths Kyproy, dedomenoy oti ton Dekembrio qa oristoyn oi hmeromhnies gia enarjh twn entajiakwn diapragmateysewn, o Ekproswpos xarakthrise ton Dekembrio "shmadiako" kai eipe oti "prepei oi fylakes na grhgoroyn".

    Apantwntas se erwthsh kata poso yparxei periptwsh oi entajiakes diapragmateyseis na stamathsoyn ejaitias toyrkikwn piesewn, o k. Xristofidhs tonise oti den yparxei tetoio qema, kai epeshmane epaneilhmmenes dhlwseis toy Proedroy Klhridhs, o opoios malista eipe oti an anastalei h anablhqei h entajiakh poreia ths Kyproy "den prokeitai na parei meros se nees synomilies gia to Kypriako", alla kai allwn ajiwmatoyxwn, kaqws kai ths ellhnikhs kybernhshs.

    Anaferomenos sto qema twn dhlwsewn toy YPEJ ths Italias, Lamperto Ntini, o Ekproswpos anefere pws ayto qewreitai "lhjan", afoy me tis ameses energeies Leykwsias kai Aqhnwn oi ejhghseis poy doqhkan krinontai ikanopoihtikes.

    Apantwntas se erwthsh, o k. Xristofidhs xarakthrise ws "aristotexnikoys" toys xeirismoys toy Proedroy Klhridh sto Traoytmpek kai sto Montre kai eidika toy qematos twn eggrafwn Korntobez, gia toys opoioys, opws eipe, o Proedros epaineqhke apo ta HE.

    Ejalloy, anaferomenos stoys isxyrismoys politikwn hgetwn sthn Kypro oti o Proedros Klhridhs toys aifnidiase me thn apodoxh toy eggrafoy Korntobez sth Klion, o Ekproswpos epanelabe pws o,ti eipe o Proedros sto Eqniko Symboylio, ayto epraje.

    Se allo shmeio, o k. Xristofidhs xarakthrise ta atypa eggrafa twn HE poy katateqhkan stoys dyo prosfatoys gyroys twn apeyqeias synomiliwn ws "beltiwmena se oysiwdeis ptyxes", se sxesh me prohgoymena eggrafa twn HE.

    Anaferomenos stoys apodhmoys, o k. Xristofidhs apekalese ton apodhmo Ellhnismo ws mia "terastia dynamh, h opoia mporei na ajiopoihqei kai na exei ta pio kala apotelesmata", afoy me tis epafes poy pragmatopoiei me ta dieqnh kentra lhchs apofasewn kai ton ephreasmo toys, epitelei shmantiko eqniko ergo.

    Xatzhsabbas - diafwtish

    Apo thn pleyra toy, o Dieyqynths toy Grafeioy Typoy kai Plhroforiwn (GTP), Giwrgos Xatzhsabbas, ejhre th "shmantikh kai polypleyrh symbolh" twn apodhmwn ston agwna toy Kypriakoy laoy kai tonise pws sthn kaqoristikh ayth fash poy dierxetai to eqniko qema, o kairios tomeas ths diafwtishs proslambanei akoma pio megalh shmasia, enw probalei pio epitaktikh h anagkh na strateyqei o opoy ghs Kypriakos Ellhnismos, gia na prosferei sth diafwtish.

    Sth synexeia, o k. Xatzhsabbas diabebaiwse toys apodhmoys oti to GTP "qa synexisei na einai staqeros synergaths kai symparastaths toys, kanontas o,ti einai dynato gia thn enisxysh ths koinhs prospaqeias ston tomea ths diafwtishs", enisxyontas oikonomika diafores ekdhlwseis kai qetontas sth diaqesh toys, ekdotiko kai optikoakoystiko yliko kai alla mesa.

    O Dieyqynths toy GTP shmeiwse oti ston tomea ths diafwtishs yphrje entatikopoihsh twn prospaqeiwn kai peraiterw syntonismos energeiwn kai drasthriothtwn metajy Kyproy kai Elladas.

    "Mesa s' ayta ta plaisia arxise h ylopoihsh toy prwtokolloy synergasias poy ypegracan to 1996 o Ypoyrgos Eswterikwn, Ntinos Mixahlidhs, kai o Ypoyrgos Typoy ths Elladas, Dhmhtrhs Reppas", to opoio qesmoqetei th Syntonistikh Epitroph Prowqhshs Eqnikwn Qematwn.

    (KYPE/GG/MA)

    [07] Proedros Klhridhs - DHSY

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    O Proedros ths Dhmokratias epanelabe oti den einai h wra gia na apofasisei kata poson qa einai ypochfios stis proedrikes ekloges toy 1998.

    Ayto dhlwse shmera o Proedros toy DHSY, Nikos Anastasiadhs, meta th shmerinh synanthsh toy Politikoy Grafeioy toy kybernwntos kommatos me ton Proedro Klhridh.

    O k. Anastasiadhs epanelabe, epishs, oti to basikotero qema poy apasxolei to komma toy einai "oi teleytaies ejelijeis sto Kypriako".

    Oson afora sth synergasia toy DHSY me to DHKO, o k. Anastasiadhs dhlwse oti proqesh toy kommatos toy einai na ginoyn oi anagkaies energeies gia synexish ths synergasias, thn opoia, anefere, o DHSY qewrei para poly epwfelh gia ton topo.

    Epishs, xarakthrise tis epafes me to DHKO qetikes, estw kai an, opws eipe, yparxoyn kapoies diaforetikes apoceis ws pros ta qemata poy syzhtoyme".

    Klhqeis na sxoliasei dhlwsh toy Proedroy toy DHKO, Spyroy Kyprianoy, oti krithrio gia na synexistei h synergasia einai h symmetoxh toy DHKO sth lhch apofasewn oson afora to eqniko qema, o k. Anastasiadhs eipe oti o Proedros Klhridhs oydepote arnhqhke oti etsi prepei na ginetai.

    "An yphrjan mexri shmera kapoies paraleiceis", eipe, "ayto mporei na epanorqwqei me mian kalyterh synennohsh kai syntonismo".

    Se erwthsh ean o DHSY kai to DHKO qa synanthqoyn me ton Proedro Klhridh gia ena geniko jekaqarisma sto eqniko qema kai sto qema twn proedrikwn eklogwn, o k. Anastasiadhs eipe oti "h proqesh einai na ginoyn oi anagkaies energeies gia synexish ayths ths synergasias, thn opoia emeis blepoyme para poly epwfelh gia ton topo kai synepws pros ayth thn kateyqynsh qa ginoyn osa epiballetai kai prepei".

    Klhqeis na anaferei ean dhmioyrgei problhma sto DHSY oti mexri ton Oktwbrio isws na mhn exei ypochfio gia tis proedrikes ekloges, o Proedros toy kommatos eipe oti "o DHSY den antimetwpizei problhma".

    Epeshmane, akoloyqws, oti yparxei to katastatiko toy kommatos kaqws kai synedriakh apofash, basei ths opoias "ofeilei na proetoimazetai san komma". Symplhrwse legontas oti: "Ayto qa prajoyme".

    Se erwthsh ti eidoys dialogo qa exei me to DHKO mexri na ejaggeilei thn apofash toy o Proedros Klhridhs, o k. Anastasiadhs eipe oti qa einai enas dialogos poy "qa aposkopei sth synergasia, sth synexish ths synergasias twn dyo kommatwn".

    (KYPE/MK/RAG/MA)

    [08] Ekproswpos - Dhlwseis YPEJ Italias

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    Ejelijh poy ikanopoiei thn kypriakh kybernhsh kai apokaqista ta pragmata sth swsth politikh toys bash, xarakthrise shmera o Kybernhtikos Ekproswpos, Manwlhs Xristofidhs, th dhlwsh toy Italoy Prwqypoyrgoy Romano Pronti.

    O Ekproswpos sxoliaze kai shmera to qema poy proekyce apo tis proxqesines dhlwseis toy Italoy YPEJ Lamperto Ntini, me tis opoies yioqetoyse plhrws tis toyrkikes qeseis sto Kypriako kai thn poreia entajhs ths Kyproy sthn Eyrwpaikh Enwsh (EE).

    Eipe oti to qema poy afora tis diplwmatikes sxeseis (twn dyo xwrwn) qewreitai lhjan meta tis dhlwseis Pronti, poy eyqygrammizontai me thn eyrwpaikh politikh sto Kypriako kai epi ths entajhs ths Kyproy sthn EE, alla shmeiwse oti meletatai se oles toy tis diastaseis, apo thn kybernhsh, to "sobaro qema" poy afora tis skopimothtes kai proektaseis twn dhlwsewn Ntini.

    O k. Xristofidhs ejefrase epishs thn "idiaiterh ikanopoihsh" ths kypriakhs kybernhshs gia thn "proswpikh" parembash toy Prwqypoyrgoy ths Elladas, Kwsta Shmith, pros ton Italo omologo toy, Romano Pronti, xaris sthn opoia yphrje se anwtato epipedo diorqwtikh dhlwsh.

    Apantwntas se sxetikes erwthseis, o k. Xristofidhs eipe oti to qema poy proekyce apo tis dhlwseis toy Italoy YPEJ, "qewreitai lhjan, meta apo tis nees dhlwseis poy proerxontai apo to pio chlo epipedo". (s.s. Pronti)

    Oi dhlwseis toy Italoy YPEJ, synexise o Ekproswpos, einai gegonos oti dhmioyrghsan sobaro qema, h sobarothta toy opoioy odhghse se ameses energeies thn kypriakh kai ellhnikh kybernhsh, oi opoies se synergasia antimetwpisan thn katastash.

    Anaforika me tis energeies, parathrhse oti htan ameses kai apotelesmatikes. "Se xrono rekor, apokatestaqhsan ta pragmata sth swsth politikh toys qesh", eipe.

    Wstoso, prosqese oti "mas apasxolei, omws, san qema poy emfanisthke twra kai prepei na exoyme ta analoga symperasmata gia thn peraiterw poreia sto Kypriako".

    Apantwntas se sxetikh erwthsh, o k. Xristofidhs anefere oti to qema den ofeilotan se parejhghsh, ypo thn ennoia oti den apodoqhkan swsta ayta poy eipe. "Den milame gia parejhghsh, o,ti metadoqhkan eixan eipwqei" (apo ton Italo YPEJ), anefere o Ekproswpos.

    Telos, o Ekproswpos ejefrase thn ikanopoihsh ths kybernhshs kai gia thn anakoinwsh toy amerikanikoy YPEJ, oti anagnwrizei th nomimh kybernhsh ths Kypriakhs Dhmokratias, tonizontas oti ayth "synadei me ola ta chfismata twn HE, poy kaloyn oles tis kybernhseis na anagnwrizoyn th Dhmokratia ths Kyproy, th nomimh kybernhsh ths kai na mhn anagnwrizoyn to ceydokratos".

    (KYPE/KK/AP)

    [09] (K) Metabash YPEJ sthn Italia

    Leykwsia,Kypros,28/08/1997 (KYPE)

    O Ypoyrgos Ejwterikwn, Iwannhs Kasoylidhs, anamenetai na metabei syntoma sthn Italia, opoy qa exei epafes me ajiwmatoyxoys ths italikhs kybernhshs, enw qa zhthsei kai dieykriniseis gia to qema poy exei dhmioyrghqei meta tis dhlwseis toy Italoy YPEJ, Lamperto Ntini.

    Me shmerines dhlwseis toy, o k. Kasoylidhs eipe oti den exei kaqoristei h akribhs hmeromhnia ths episkechs toy sthn Italia.

    Prosqese oti qa probei se nees dhlwseis gia to qema Ntini, meta apo th synanthsh poy qa exei sth Rwmh me ton Italo omologo toy.

    Hdh, to Ypoyrgeio Ejwterikwn exei zhthsei opws dieyqethqei synanthsh toy YPEJ me ton k. Ntini, h opoia anamenetai na kaqoristei syntoma.

    (KYPE/MA/RM/AP)
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