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Friday, January 26, 2007

New UN chief makes a good start on Cyprus

"New UN chief makes a good start on Cyprus

Ban Ki-Moon marked his first overseas visit as UN secretary general in Brussels on Wednesday with a good start, calling for Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to implement an agreement between their “countries”.
Asked about the issue of the divided island of Cyprus during a press conference with EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, Moon refered to an agreement made between the Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat aimed at moving towards talks on reunifying the island. “It is important that the two leaders and the two countries should implement the July agreement,” said the South Korean Ban, speaking English."

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