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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 12-01-22
CONTENTS
[01] House President on Greentree meeting
[02] State Department calls for progress at Greentree
[01] House President on Greentree meeting
The President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou stressed
that the Greek Cypriot side should not accept any deadlines or
arbitration during the meeting with the UN SG Ban Ki-Moon at Greentree
estate, New York. He specifically called on the President not to
accept any attempt on behalf of the UN to set July 1st as a timeframe
to reach a solution.
Speaking to the press, Omirou said that it is not in the UN SGs mandate
to act as an arbitrator or to present the sides with bridging
proposals. The President of the Republic must not accept any such
attempt, thus direct or indirect arbitration or an attempt to set July
1st as an exhorting timeframe and any other attempt for an
international conference without prior agreement on the internal
aspects of the Cyprus problem, House President noted.
House President furthermore underlined that the National Council- the
top advisory body for the President on the handling of the Cyprus
problem- agreed last Monday on the framework the President is to pursue
during the meeting at Greentree and this framework includes no
deadlines, arbitration or an international conference, unless the two
sides agree on the internal aspects of the Cyprus problem.
[02] State Department calls for progress at Greentree
The State Department calls on the two leaders in Cyprus, President of
the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis
Eroglu to seize the opportunity and make progress during the Greentree
meeting with the UN SG Ban-Ki Moon.
In a statement to the press, the Spokesperson of the State Department
Victoria Nuland, underlines that Washington welcomes the talks that UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will undertake with Greek Cypriot and
Turkish Cypriot leaders in New York, January 23-24.
Nuland also noted that the United States strongly supports the
negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary
Generals Good Offices Mission.
We urge the leaders to seize this important opportunity to make real
and substantial progress toward a settlement reunifying the island as a
bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, she added.
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