[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 17 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Pages 459-460]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Cyprus

April 22, 2003

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

    In accordance with section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, I am providing a report prepared by my Administration 
on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering 
the period February 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003. The previous 
submission covered events from December 1, 2002, through January 31, 
2003.
    As in the past, U.S. officials including Secretary of State Colin 
Powell, Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman, Special Cyprus 
Coordinator Thomas G. Weston, and Ambassador to Cyprus Michael Klosson 
joined me in providing intensive diplomatic support to the efforts of 
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to foster a settlement to 
the longstanding division of the island. We hoped that the Secretary 
General's meetings with the two Cypriot leaders in The Hague on March 
10-11, 2003, would lead to a breakthrough on the basis of the Secretary 
General's fair and balanced settlement plan. Unfortunately, that meeting 
did not result in an agreement. Despite this setback, the United States 
remains committed to finding a just and lasting settlement for Cyprus.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

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

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