Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou meets with Vice President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to discuss progress on talks to reunify the island nation.
Video below of his meeting with the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton:
http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=20266167001
Markos Kyprianou in the States
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Markos Kyprianou in the States
by Lit » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:53 am
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by Lit » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:43 pm
US and Cyprus underline desire to upgrade relations
April 21, 2009 - By Apostolis Zoupaniotis (CNA)
http://www.financialmirror.com/News/Cyp ... News/15003
The US intention to upgrade cooperation with Cyprus on bilateral and regional issues was confirmed during meetings Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou held with US Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During his Washington meetings, Kyprianou reviewed the Cyprus issue while both Clinton and Biden expressed the US administration’s support for the ongoing peace talks in Cyprus for a just and viable settlement of the Cyprus issue.
In her remarks, Clinton said she was happy to welcome the Minister at the State Department. “He and I had the chance to meet during the EU-US Summit in Prague and we obviously have a lot to discuss and a number of matters of interest and we are pleased to have an opportunity to do that so early in our administration,” she told reporters before the start of their meeting.
Kyprianou said it was a privilege for him to meet Clinton in Washington to complete their discussion which began 15 days ago in Prague.
According to Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, Clinton had a “positive and constructive meeting this afternoon (Monday) with Cypriot Foreign Minister Kyprianou”, noting that the meeting “followed on their previous discussion during their bilateral meeting in Prague, in addition to efforts to reunify Cyprus”.
He also said the two ministers discussed bilateral relations, and in particular Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Kyprianou discussed “closer cooperation and coordination on a number of issues, including counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, regional issues including the Middle East, and she expressed the views that Cyprus has been a valuable partner and we agreed to find ways to deepen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries”.
Fried noted Secretary Clinton “affirmed US support for the on-going Cypriot-led negotiations under UN auspices; as President Obama stated while he was in Ankara the United States is willing to offer all the help sought for by the parties as they work towards a just and lasting settlement that reunifies Cyprus into a bizonal, bicommunal federation. She applauded the two leaders, Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat for their courageous efforts in working upon negotiations and recognize their commitment to a settlement”.
He added that the Secretary expressed her support “for the efforts of both sides to build on a momentum and achieve a solution as soon as possible, which will require courage on all sides and she expressed confidence that the leaders on the island can meet this challenge. To sum-up this was a good meeting between the two ministers, the second meeting they have had in two weeks; it shows how committed the United States is, to good relations with Cyprus and the solution of the problem of reunification and the challenge of reunification which is what we want; we are in a good place at the beginning of this administration, to build a good relationship with the government of Cyprus and all the people of Cyprus”.
In his statements, Kyprianou said that he and Clinton had a very constructive and useful meeting during which they referred to the process to solve the Cyprus issue.
“We are moving to a period of closer relations between the two governments, better cooperation and coordination and for this reason we will investigate issues on which we can develop our relations”, the Minister remarked.
Asked if the US administration is concerned over the Republican Turkish Party’s defeat in the so-called parliamentary elections in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus, Kyprianou said they mentioned the voting in the northern occupied areas, adding that “we will wait to see how their (Turkish Cypriots) position will change”.
Kyprianou said Fried briefed him on President Barack Obama’s contacts in Ankara. “They said that the US positions are known, they support a bizonal, bicommunal federation and the procedure which began and the Turkish government has repeated what it has said in public, that it supports the procedure to allow Mr. Talat negotiate freely. However this is something that will become evident in practice”, he added.
Referring to his meeting with Vice President Biden, Kyprianou said that it was a US expression for closer relations with Cyprus.
He said he briefed Biden on the course of the negotiations, the obstacles that exist as well as the expectations and analysed the positions of the Greek Cypriot side.
Bilateral issues were examined, Kyprianou said, as well as the prospects of reinforcing bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. He said there is a genuine will on the US as well as the Cyprus government’s part to strengthen these relations.
It was also made clear by Biden that the improvement of relations between the US and Turkey is not directed against Greece or Cyprus but is part of the new US strategy to make openings to Moslems.
April 21, 2009 - By Apostolis Zoupaniotis (CNA)
http://www.financialmirror.com/News/Cyp ... News/15003
The US intention to upgrade cooperation with Cyprus on bilateral and regional issues was confirmed during meetings Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou held with US Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During his Washington meetings, Kyprianou reviewed the Cyprus issue while both Clinton and Biden expressed the US administration’s support for the ongoing peace talks in Cyprus for a just and viable settlement of the Cyprus issue.
In her remarks, Clinton said she was happy to welcome the Minister at the State Department. “He and I had the chance to meet during the EU-US Summit in Prague and we obviously have a lot to discuss and a number of matters of interest and we are pleased to have an opportunity to do that so early in our administration,” she told reporters before the start of their meeting.
Kyprianou said it was a privilege for him to meet Clinton in Washington to complete their discussion which began 15 days ago in Prague.
According to Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, Clinton had a “positive and constructive meeting this afternoon (Monday) with Cypriot Foreign Minister Kyprianou”, noting that the meeting “followed on their previous discussion during their bilateral meeting in Prague, in addition to efforts to reunify Cyprus”.
He also said the two ministers discussed bilateral relations, and in particular Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Kyprianou discussed “closer cooperation and coordination on a number of issues, including counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, regional issues including the Middle East, and she expressed the views that Cyprus has been a valuable partner and we agreed to find ways to deepen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries”.
Fried noted Secretary Clinton “affirmed US support for the on-going Cypriot-led negotiations under UN auspices; as President Obama stated while he was in Ankara the United States is willing to offer all the help sought for by the parties as they work towards a just and lasting settlement that reunifies Cyprus into a bizonal, bicommunal federation. She applauded the two leaders, Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat for their courageous efforts in working upon negotiations and recognize their commitment to a settlement”.
He added that the Secretary expressed her support “for the efforts of both sides to build on a momentum and achieve a solution as soon as possible, which will require courage on all sides and she expressed confidence that the leaders on the island can meet this challenge. To sum-up this was a good meeting between the two ministers, the second meeting they have had in two weeks; it shows how committed the United States is, to good relations with Cyprus and the solution of the problem of reunification and the challenge of reunification which is what we want; we are in a good place at the beginning of this administration, to build a good relationship with the government of Cyprus and all the people of Cyprus”.
In his statements, Kyprianou said that he and Clinton had a very constructive and useful meeting during which they referred to the process to solve the Cyprus issue.
“We are moving to a period of closer relations between the two governments, better cooperation and coordination and for this reason we will investigate issues on which we can develop our relations”, the Minister remarked.
Asked if the US administration is concerned over the Republican Turkish Party’s defeat in the so-called parliamentary elections in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus, Kyprianou said they mentioned the voting in the northern occupied areas, adding that “we will wait to see how their (Turkish Cypriots) position will change”.
Kyprianou said Fried briefed him on President Barack Obama’s contacts in Ankara. “They said that the US positions are known, they support a bizonal, bicommunal federation and the procedure which began and the Turkish government has repeated what it has said in public, that it supports the procedure to allow Mr. Talat negotiate freely. However this is something that will become evident in practice”, he added.
Referring to his meeting with Vice President Biden, Kyprianou said that it was a US expression for closer relations with Cyprus.
He said he briefed Biden on the course of the negotiations, the obstacles that exist as well as the expectations and analysed the positions of the Greek Cypriot side.
Bilateral issues were examined, Kyprianou said, as well as the prospects of reinforcing bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. He said there is a genuine will on the US as well as the Cyprus government’s part to strengthen these relations.
It was also made clear by Biden that the improvement of relations between the US and Turkey is not directed against Greece or Cyprus but is part of the new US strategy to make openings to Moslems.
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by DT. » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:05 am
Hmm this was the day that CLinton was meant to have seen talat...
and this the day she met with Kyprianou
All taken from www.state.gov
something tells me there's been some photoshop activity with that picture of talat and clinton.
Daily Appointments Schedule for April 15, 2009
Washington, DC
April 15, 2009
SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON:
12:30 p.m. Bilateral and Working Lunch with His Excellency Javier Solana, Secretary
General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for the Common
Foreign and Security Policy.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN TREATY ROOM PRECEDING BILATERAL/ EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras: 12:00 Noon from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 12:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
2:00 p.m. Bilateral with Her Excellency Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister
of the Republic of Haiti.
(OPEN PRESS / JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY IN TREATY ROOM FOLLOWING BILATERAL AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M.)
Pick up time for cameras: 1:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 2:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
2:45 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, Minister of
Foreign Relations of the Republic of Chile
(CAMERA SPRAY IN TREATY ROOM FOLLOWING BILATERAL/ EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras: 2:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 3:00 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
THERE WILL BE A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
At approximately 11:00 a.m. with Robert A. Wood
and this the day she met with Kyprianou
Daily Appointments Schedule for April 20, 2009
Washington, DC
April 20, 2009
SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON:
10:45 a.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
(OPEN PRESS / JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY IN TREATY ROOM FOLLOWING BILATERAL AT APPROXIMATELY 11:05 A.M.)
Pick up time for cameras: 10:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 10:50 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
2:15 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Marcos Kyprianou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN TREATY ROOM PRECEDING BILATERAL/ EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras: 1:30 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 2:00 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
THERE WILL BE A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
At approximately 12:30 p.m. with Robert A. Wood
All taken from www.state.gov
something tells me there's been some photoshop activity with that picture of talat and clinton.
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