"Karamanlis calls for ‘cautious steps’ on Cyprus
By Jean Christou
GREEK Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday called for cautious steps leading to a resumption of Cyprus talks, saying that another failure could not be afforded.
Karamanlis was speaking in Athens after a meeting with President Tassos Papadopoulos, who travelled to the Greek capital on Tuesday to discuss the way forward following his meeting in Paris last month with UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan.
Karmanlis said the Paris meeting had been “particularly important”.
“It was a positive development in the right direction and a step in the framework of the positions we have repeatedly pointed out,” he said.
During the Paris meeting, the Greek Cypriot side had agreed to low-level contacts with the Turkish Cypriots through technical committees on everyday issues.
However, some controversy later arose as to what the committees would be discussing after Papadopoulos said such high-level issues as Varosha and demilitarisation would be on the agenda."
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