Avdeyev briefs Clerides on Kosovo

PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides was yesterday briefed on the Russian position on the situation in Yugoslavia.

At an early morning meeting with Russia’s first Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Cyprus-Russia relations, the Cyprus problem and other European issues were also discussed.

“I had the opportunity to give President Clerides an in-depth explanation of Russia’s position on the Yugoslavia situation and our president’s (Boris Yeltsin) evaluation of the tragedy in Kosovo,” Avdeyev said.

He also met Foreign Minister Yiannakis Cassoulides before returning to Russia yesterday afternoon.

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