CYPRUS SATISFIED WITH GREEK PREMIER’S MEETING WITH UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

Cyprus News Agency
20 May 04

Nicosia, 20 May: Nicosia is satisfied with the discussions Greek
Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis had with UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan during their recent meeting in New York, according to Cyprus
Foreign Minister Yeoryios Iakovou.

Answering questions after today’s meeting with Armenian Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian, the minister also said that Annan’s report
on the latest developments Cyprus was expected by the end of the month.

He expressed the view that it would present an impartial outline of
the facts in relation to the UN-led talks, which concluded at the end
of March and led the people of Cyprus to separate referenda on a UN
proposal for a solution which was rejected by the Greek Cypriots and
approved by the Turkish Cypriots.

Iakovou said the government was informed about the Karamanlis-Annan
meeting by the republic’s permanent representative to the UN, who met
Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis, and by Greece’s Ambassador
in Nicosia Khristos Panagopoulos.

“It seems the meeting was constructive and productive”, he said,
noting that a large part of it was dedicated on Cyprus.