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Representatives of Cyprus Leaders Visit Limnitis/ Yesilirmak Road Project
Representatives of Cyprus Leaders Visit Limnitis/ Yesilirmak Road Project
Nicosia, 25 June 2010 – The Representatives of the two Cyprus Leaders travelled with United Nations officials to the northwest of the island today to witness first-hand the progress being made on the Limnitis/Yesilirmak road project
Today’s visit, agreed to by Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Dervis Eroglu at their meeting on 15 June, took the Representatives - George Iacovou and Kudret Ozersay – to the site where workers and contractors from the Greek Cypriot-Turkish Cypriot FAP-Tarmac Joint Venture are upgrading the stretch of road linking the towns of Limnitis/Yesilirmak and Kato Pyrgos/Asagi Pirgo.
Also participating in the visit were the mayors of the two villages, who, together with the Representatives, took part in a brief tour of the road works and received a briefing by Tiziana Zennaro, project manager of the UN Development Programme – Partnership for the Future (UNDP-PFF), the UN body overseeing the project.
The project aims to improve the condition of the road between the two towns to allow civilian traffic to flow again through this area. When the road is opened in the coming months, the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing will be the seventh such gateway through the buffer zone facilitating movement across the island.
Before leaving the construction site this morning, the Representatives agreed to follow the progress being made on the project with a view to a further visit in the coming weeks.
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