SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY PRESIDENT CLERIDES' DECISION NOT TO DEPLOY S-300 MISSILES ON CYPRUS
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SG/SM/6854
SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY PRESIDENT CLERIDES' DECISION NOT TO DEPLOY S-300 MISSILES ON CYPRUS
19981230 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General was very glad to hear of President Glafcos Clerides' decision not to deploy S-300 missiles on Cyprus. He views this as a tangible, positive response to Security Council resolutions 1217 and 1218 of 22 December, and to the appeal (in his letter of 14 December addressed to the President of the Security Council) to both parties "to avoid any actions which might increase tension, including by further expansion of military forces and armaments".
The Secretary-General reiterates his full commitment to the initiative which he took on 30 September to ask his Deputy Special Representative, Dame Ann Hercus, to begin a process of on-island talks with both sides with a view to reducing tension and promoting progress towards a just and lasting settlement.
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