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Cyprus: Foreign Minister Kyprianou on a visit to northern Greece

The Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou who is on a three day visit to northern Greece had a meting yesterday with the Prefect of Thessaloniki Panayiotis Psomiades. Speaking to reporters after the meeting Mr Kyprianou said that a solution in the Cyprus problem cannot be achieved without Turkey's positive stance. Responding to a question whether steps are being taken to improve Nicosia-Ankara relations, 34 years after the Turkish invasion, Mr Kyrpianou replied: "not to the extent these should have been made and one would have expected."

Mr Kyprianou briefed Mr Psomiades on the on-going efforts towards resolving the Cyprus question underlining that Cyprus enjoys full support from the Government and the people of Greece. Issues of mutual interest including relations with the Balkans and Cyprus' participation in the EU were also discussed during the meeting.

The Foreign Minister later inaugurated a Cyprus section under the name "Spyros Kyprianou" at the Municipal Library of Veria. The books have been donated by the Cyprus Consulate General at Thessaoloniki. Moreover, the Minister delivered a speech on "The European future of a unified Cyprus.

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