CYPRUS WILL NOT HAND OVER BENON SEVAN TO USA
By Hakob Tsulikian

AZG Armenian Daily #153, 30/08/2005

UN scandal

Referring to Armenian Mirror Spectator, Reuters agency informed on
August 20 that Cyprus will not hand Cypriot Benon Sevan of Armenian
origin to another state (USA in this case) if he is proved guilty in
Oil-for-Food scandal.

“Our constitution bans to hand over our citizens to other states”,
George Iakovou, foreign minister of Cyprus, declared.

67-year-old Benon has been in Cyprus for 2 weeks now, international
media informs.