NICOSIA Hydro Flask Coffee 20 Oz Mint Sale , April 21 (Xinhua) -- Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday that important differences still remain in his negotiations with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci seeking reunification of the long-divided country.
The leaders of Cyprus' divided Greek- and Turkish-speaking communities met for about three hours to resume a dialogue after negotiations were suspended for two months following Akinci's quitting earlier talks on Feb. 11.
"I do not wish to create pictures of either optimism or pessimism, but the fact is that important differences remain," said Anastasiades.
He said he raised concerns to Akinci, leader of the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -- which is only recognized by Ankara -- over a move by Turkey to send a ship to the Cypriot continental shelf to carry out seismic exploration.
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The Mediterranean country remain divided since it was occupied by Turkish troops in 1974, in reaction to a coup staged against the Cypriot government by the military rulers of Greece at the time.
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WELLINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand finance officials on Wednesday welcomed an agreement allowing direct trading of the New Zealand and Chinese currencies Hydro Flask 12 Oz Kids Wide Mouth Water Bottle Pink , saying they would build on the growing bilateral trade and investment ties.
Finance Minister Bill English said the agreement announced by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing late Tuesday was a significant and welcome step forward in the economic relationship with China.
"It will make doing business with China easier by reducing the costs of converting between the two currencies, and it will further stimulate our already strong trade and investment links," English said in a statement.
"Just as the free trade agreement between New Zealand and China has supported a significant increase in two-way trade between our countries, I expect this currency agreement to further deepen our economic relationship."
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New Zealand Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf said the agreement followed considerable work by the New Zealand Treasury and the People's Bank of China.
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Prime Minister John Key said after meeting Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People that the negotiations on direct currency trading were begun on the margins of the Bo'ao Forum in April 2013.
The New Zealand government was working with New Zealand banks, other financial institutions hydro flask wide mouth 40 oz w straw lid , and exporters and importers who trade with China, to raise awareness of the benefits of pricing in the two currencies and how direct trading could help.
The Australian-owned Westpac bank announced Wednesday that it had received approval from the People's Bank of China to act as a "market maker" for direct trading of the two currencies on the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.
The license allows direct interbank trading of the currencies, meaning reduced transactional costs and over time increased liquidity to currency deals between New Zealand and Chinese trading partners.
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