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Macedonian Press Agency - May 11, 1998

The Cypriot Struggle World Committee Conference
Opens In Washington Tomorrow

The Cypriot Struggle World Coordinating Committee Conference opens in Washington tomorrow with the participation of representatives from the United States, Canada, Cyprus, Europe, Australia and Africa.

The conference will be held at the Capitol Hill and will last until May 14. The participants will have the opportunity to meet with US Senators and House Representatives and brief them on the developments in the Cyprus problem, while the conference participants themselves will have the chance to be briefed on the actions of the US government.

On May 14, the conference participants will hold a protest rally for the first time and Archbishop Spyridon of America will hold a memorial service for Andreas Kasapis. The young Cypriot, who was killed during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 at the age of 17 and his remains were found in the occupied northern part of the island.

During the conference, the representatives of the Pan-Cypriot Association in Florida will deliver an open letter to all the US Senators and House Representatives, co-signed by all the associations members of the pan-Hellenic Federation of Florida, under the title : “Turkey, the trouble-maker of Europe and the Turkish Expansionism”.

[ Macedonian Press Agency - www.mpa.gr - May 11, 1998 ]