Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 11-08-10
CONTENTS
[01] FMs CYPRUS - GREECE - MEETING
[02] MINISTRY - EU - SOLIDARITY
[01] FMs CYPRUS - GREECE - MEETING
Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoullis will pay a visit to Athens
Thursday during which she will discuss issues concerning the Cyprus
problem, Turkey`s EU course, the economic situation of Greece and
developments in the Middle East.
An official press release says that Markoullis will meet with her Greek
counterpart Stavros Lambrinides and have a series of meetings with the
leaders or representatives of the Greek parliamentary parties.
In particular, she will discuss with Lambrinides the recent
developments regarding the Cyprus talks, Turkey`s EU course, the new
package of measures for the Greek economy, the Middle East
developments, as well as preparations for the assumption of the
rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU by Cyprus in the second
half of 2012.
[02] MINISTRY - EU - SOLIDARITY
The Interior Ministry welcomed Wednesday EU decisions to increase
solidarity among member states to help them deal with migration flows.
According to an official press release the first decision relates with
the European Commissions proposal that the EU External Borders Fund
allocates three hundred and seventy million euro to member states in
2012, out of which Cyprus is to be allocated about seven million euro,
compared to three million in 2011.
The second decision concerns FRONTEX planning for operations in Cyprus,
operations such as close monitoring of immigration flows in Eastern
Mediterranean mainly as a result of the current situation in Syria and
also immediate mobilization in case needed.
These developments are expected to reinforce significantly Cyprus
already big efforts for better monitoring of its borders, which are
also external borders of the EU. At the same time, they are a positive
step to achieve equal share of the burden created by migration flows
the Ministry noted.
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