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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-10-29

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] COMMONWEALTH SG STATEMENTS
  • [02] BRITAIN MURPHY CYPRUS
  • [03] CYPRUS - CONVENTION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

  • [01] COMMONWEALTH SG STATEMENTS

    Secretary General of the Commonwealth Donald McKinnon said on Monday that the bilateral issue between Cyprus and Britain, which emerged from the recent signing of a memorandum of Strategic Cooperation between Britain and Turkey, could be resolved.

    Speaking after a meeting in Nicosia with Minister of Foreign Affairs Erato Kozakou Markoullis, McKinnon referred to the position of the Commonwealth in support of the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of Cyprus.

    Markoullis said ``the Commonwealth has played a role all these years, along with other important international organisations, as an important forum, from which all these years of trial we have received support for Cyprus` case.``

    McKinnon met earlier on with President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos and was briefed by the President and Markoullis on recent developments in the Cyprus problem and the positions of Cyprus regarding the memorandum of Strategic Cooperation between Britain and Turkey.

    Markoullis said McKinnon is in Cyprus in view of the Commonwealth meeting, to take place in Uganda in November.

    ``We received all the information on preparations for the summit and I am grateful to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth for this briefing and also for the preparations that have been made so far for this important summit,`` she added.

    McKinnon said ``the Commonwealth has always stood very firmly with the people of Cyprus, we have always stood very firmly for your sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and obviously for your unity and we know that this is an issue that does emerge from time to time in Commonwealth circles, but Commonwealth leaders have always reaffirmed those particular sentiments and I expect them to continue to do so.``

    Referring to the upcoming Commonwealth meeting in Uganda, McKinnon said the leaders would be discussing inter alia economic cooperation within the Commonwealth, information technology, the countries wishing to join the organisation, respect and understanding and international trade.

    He noted his meetings in Cyprus were useful, adding that ``having three Commonwealth members now in the EU, Cyprus, Malta and the United Kingdom, is very useful.``

    Replying to questions regarding the Cyprus problem, McKinnon said ``I have certainly been very much aware of the situation since I arrived in the country and I still state that the very strong, longstanding position of the Commonwealth is that we remain very much supportive of your sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity.``

    ``I recognise that a statement that emerged from the meeting between the British Prime Minister and the Turkish Prime Minister is of concern to you,`` he said, adding that President Papadopoulos would be meeting with the British Prime Minister in Kampala for the Commonwealth meeting.

    McKinnon said he was ``very confident this is a bilateral issue between the United Kingdom and Cyprus that can be resolved.``

    [02] BRITAIN MURPHY CYPRUS

    British policy on the non-recognition of the so-called ``Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus`` is unchanged, British Minister for Europe Jim Murphy has stressed, underlining that ``we do not and will not recognise a separate entity in the Northern part of Cyprus.``

    Murphy who was answering, during a webchat on the British Prime Minister`s website, to a question about the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between Turkey and Britain noted that nothing in the document reflects ``any attempt to upgrade the status of the North or promote partition.``

    [03] CYPRUS - CONVENTION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

    The Republic of Cyprus has signed the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

    The Convention was signed yesterday by 23 Council of Europe member states, including Austria, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Moldova, Bulgaria and Poland.

    According to a press release by the CoE, for the first time, an international treaty criminalises sexual abuse, an offence which is usually carried out by people known to the victims - sometimes within the family - and is one of the most damaging for children.

    The convention will enter into force once it has been ratified by five states.


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