US Welcomes Postponement of Military Exercises in Cyprus

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US Welcomes Postponement of Military Exercises in Cyprus

The United States on Tuesday praised the decision by Greece and Turkey to postpone their military exercises in Cyprus as a positive development.

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The United States on Tuesday praised the decision by Greece and Turkey to postpone their military exercises in Cyprus as a positive development.

"We welcome the postponement of this fall's military exercises by Greece, Turkey and Cyprus," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters at regular press briefing.

"We think it'll contribute to the stability and the security inthe Aegean region," Boucher said.

Meanwhile in Nicosia, Thomas Weston, US State Department special coordinator for Cyprus, said the United States is optimistic about prospects for a Cyprus solution.

"I come here again with a sense that there is a widespread desire for the settlement," Weston told reporters at the end of a five-day trip, during which he was received by Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides.

Cyprus, the eastern Mediterranean island nation, has remained divided into the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1974.

Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash have been engaged in UN-sponsored direct talks since January in an effort tosolve the decades-long Cyprus issue, but so far no real progress has been achieved.

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