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Thursday, May 12, 2005

Cyprus President reiterates positions to EU Commissioner

"Cyprus President reiterates positions to EU Commissioner
CNA - Nicosia-Cyprus - 12/5/2005 14:20
Cyprus President reiterates positions to EU Commissioner

Nicosia, May 12 (CNA) -- European Union regulations relating to Cyprus and efforts to find a negotiated political settlement were on the agenda of a meeting here today between Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and European Union Commissioner responsible for enlargement Olli Rhen and Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg Nicolas Schmit.

''We talked about the release of 259 million euro, earmarked for the Turkish Cypriots, without any terms or conditions attached to the relevant regulation and we intend to make a formal proposal on this. We also talked about implementation of the regulation governing trade across the Green Line,'' he said."

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