Further reductions are in the pipeline for more foodstuffs and car and motorbike spare parts.
Greece reiterates solidarity with Cyprus Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannos Kranidiotis has conveyed a message of solidarity to Cyprus from Greece, stressing that he bore no American proposal to Cyprus nor pressure from Athens to cancel the deployment of t he Russian defensive S-300 missile system on the island. Mr. Kranidiotis reassured that the two countries would not detract from the basic aims, which are, Cyprus' accession to the European Union and resolving the Cyprus problem according to UN resolutions. President Clerides had proposed the island's complete demilitarisation. Outlining the five challenges for the future of relations between the US and Greece, Mr. Burns said first the two nations must bring their leaders and peoples together in a stronger relationship and establish trust between the two countries. They must also strengthen and maintain the US military alliance with Greece and rebuild economic trade.