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Cyprus Mail: Press Review in English, 99-04-28

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From: The Cyprus Mail at <http://www.cynews.com/>


Wednesday, April 28, 1999

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/The Cyprus problem is back at last/ THE CYPRUS problem appears to be making a return to the front pages, which have been dominated for weeks by reports about the Kosovo crisis. Most of the papers carried President Clerides' prediction, made during his Monday evening press conference, that the US initiative on Cyprus would take place in September. This was what he had been told by the Americans.

Phileleftheros also reported that the US and Britain had been working to finalise the framework within which the new initiative would operate. According to reliable sources, Britain was to approach Russia as part of this new move. Britain's envoy to Cyprus Sir David Hannay had flown to Moscow on Monday night for talks with the Russian envoy Vladimir Chizov; this was a continuation of discussions the two sides had had in Cyprus. Italy's deputy foreign minister Umberto Ranieri's visit to Cyprus today was part of this diplomatic mobility, the paper said. Ranieri, who is expected to discuss the Cyprus problem and the EU accession process, was scheduled to meet President Clerides.

Politis carried an exclusive report from Washington based on a conversation between the paper's political correspondent and Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem, who said that he knew nothing about a new US initiative on Cyprus. He said the Americans "always try to do something." He expected any US initiative to be no different from other initiatives. Cem also said that Turkey opposed the involvement of the Group of Eight in the Cyprus peace process. The writer, quoting a reliable diplomatic source, claimed that Turkey was opposed to the Group of Eight because it did not want Russia, the eighth member, to have a bigger say in the peace process.

Simerini reported that the destruction of the third bridge in the Yugoslav town of Novi Sad by Nato bombers meant that Belgrade had been cut off from northern Yugoslavia. Only a small metal bridge in Pancevo, 13 km from the capital, now linked Belgrade to the north of the country. While Nato was destroying bridges, Moscow was trying to build diplomatic bridges between the rival sides, wrote the paper's correspondent in Belgrade. Belgrade had pinned all its hopes on the latest Moscow initiative, as things were getting worse, with Nato expected to step up its bombing campaign in the next few weeks.

Haravghi was outraged that the Cyprus government had adopted the decision taken by Nato and the European Union to slap an embargo on the supply of oil to Yugoslavia. The government said the decision served the country's national interests, a point disputed by communist party Akel and Diko. Akel said that the government had a mistaken notion about what constituted the national interest; it certainly did not involve seeking the approval and the praise of Nato and the Americans. Akel dismissed the oil embargo as illegal, a view that Diko also shared.

Alithia led with Clerides' assertion during his press conference that Cyprus' interests were with the European Union. There was no question of reconsidering the decision to join the EU because of the Yugoslavia crisis as Akel had been demanding, because that would be "a mistake of huge proportions", Clerides said. The paper applauded Clerides' clear response to those who resorted to demagoguery with regard to the Yugoslav crisis.

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