[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 22 (Monday, June 7, 1999)]
[Pages 1030-1031]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on Cyprus

June 3, 1999

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    In accordance with Public Law 95-384 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I submit 
to you this report on progress toward a negotiated settlement of the 
Cyprus question covering the period February 1, 1999, to March 31, 1999. 
The previous submission covered events during December 1998 and January 
1999.
    The United States remains actively engaged in efforts to promote a 
negotiated settlement to the Cyprus dispute, under U.N. auspices and on 
the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution. Secretary Albright 
underscored the U.S. commitment to finding a comprehensive solution to 
Cypriot Foreign Minister Kassoulides during their February 17 meeting in 
Washington.
    Our efforts also continued in the region. Special Cyprus Coordinator 
Thomas J. Miller

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traveled to Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece during March 8-13, and Ambassador 
Brill continued discussions with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot 
leadership on next steps. Ambassador Miller also discussed prospects for 
progress with counterparts in European Union capitals and in Moscow.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations.