German minister visits Ledra crossing

 

GERMAN Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner today visited the ceasefire line on Ledra Street, accompanied by her Cypriot counterpart Sophocles Aletraris.

Asked whether the spot resembled the Berlin Wall, Aigner said: “Of course because the memories are fresh when in a place like this.”

“We also had the experience of the divided city, but we also had the experience of the reunification of our city,” she said.

Aigner was in Cyprus to discuss Cyprus and Germany’s commitment to work together towards a successful conclusion of the current negotiations in the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on the further development of the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2013.

 

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