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UN completes safety check of Ledra Street crossing point
The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Ms Michele
Montas made the following statement, during her regular press briefing yesterday
in New York, regarding the efforts to open the Ledra Street crossing point: "The
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today [yesterday] completed a sweep
for unexploded ordnance in the area of the Ledra Street crossing point in
Nicosia, which the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities last
week agreed to open as soon as technically possible. A six-person mine action
team carried out the search – which is necessary to secure buildings before the
opening of the crossing point – with support from the UN Peacekeeping Force in
Cyprus (UNFICYP) and funding from the European Union. No dangerous items were
found. The agreement on opening the crossing point was welcomed earlier this
week by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a "positive step forward," following a
meeting between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot
leader Mehmet Ali Talat last Friday.
27.03.2008
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