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    AWARD: ARMENIA PARLIAMENT HONOURS CYPRUS MEP

    13 October, 2014

    The National Assembly of Armenia has awarded Cypriot MEP Eleni
    Theocharous, who was visiting Armenia last week, with the Medal of
    Honour for her support to the Armenian nation.

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    The medal was presented to Theocharous by the National Assembly
    President Galust Sahakyan "who praised her for her humanitarian action
    in difficult times for the people of Armenia", a press release issued
    by the MEPs office said.

    "Your humanitarian action is transferred on a political level, mainly
    in the European Parliament where you defend justice, democracy and
    the people of Armenia", he told her.

    On her part Theocharous said that she feels at home when she visits
    Armenia, adding that especially when in Nagorno Karabakh she feels
    the Armenian people's struggle for freedom and has taken a lot from
    Armenians "above all how to become a better person".

    During her visit to Armenia, the Cypriot MEP had meetings with
    President Serzh Sargyan and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee
    on Foreign Affairs Artak Zakaryan.

    She briefed the Armenian officials on developments in Cyprus, including
    Turkey's recent provocative actions by challenging the sovereignty of
    the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone where U.S., French, Italian, Korean
    and Israeli multinational companies are exploring for natural gas.

    "Turkey occupies half of Cyprus and now wants to have its natural gas",
    she said, adding that "we will resist".

    At the same time Theocharous also explained why Cyprus President
    Nicos Anastasiades decided last week to suspend his participation to
    the UN backed negotiations aiming to reunify the country.

    President Anastasiades announced last Tuesday a decision to suspend
    his participation to the UN backed negotiations, following Turkey's
    most recent violation of Cyprus' sovereign rights in its EEZ and its
    decision to carry out a seismic survey in specific blocks, assigned
    to international companies within the Republic of Cyprus EEZ.

    http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=33308




    From: A. Papazian
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