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Moscow Supports Cyprus Talks

May 16, 2015
By The National Herald Archive
In this courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, center left and Asia Siddiqui, center right, appear in federal court with their attorneys, Thursday, April 2, 2015, in New York. The two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg)
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Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, declared “Russia is ready to cooperate with its international partners to ensure progress at talks on the Cyprus problem…stressing that a mutually acceptable and lasting solution can only be agreed by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots,” CNA reported.

“We commend this step and hope the sides will spare no effort to reach a fair, comprehensive and lasting settlement of the Cyprus dispute on the basis of corresponding resolutions of the United Nations Security Council,” she said.

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