Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Congress team: Tassos has no motive for settlement

"Congress team: Tassos has no motive for settlement

PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos has no motive to reunify the country, US Congressman Ed Whitfield said yesterday.

Whitfield, who heads an 11-member American delegation visiting the occupied areas, also accused Papadopoulos of blocking EU aid to Turkish Cypriots.

Speaking shortly before his departure through occupied Tymbou airport in the north, the congressman suggested that Papadopoulos wanted to get rid of all Turkish settlers and rule the whole of the island.

�Our general view is that Papadopoulos has no motive to try and reunify this country,� Whitfield said."

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