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US HAS NOT REQUESTED BENON SEVAN EXTRADITION FROM CYPRUS
Financial Mirror, Cyprus
Feb 6 2007
Cyprus Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis has said that
the United States has not requested the extradition of former head
of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program for Iraq, Benon Sevan,
a Cypriot of Armenian origin, against whom a US federal court in New
York filed bribery and conspiracy charges.Asked whether the US has
asked the government of Cyprus for Sevan's extradition, Pashiardes said
"as far as I know, it hasn't", and noted that "there is no agreement
for extradition of Cypriot citizens between Cyprus and the US".
Replying to questions, he said that Cyprus has made such agreements
with other states but there is no such agreement with the US.
He also said that Sevan is presently in Cyprus.
Financial Mirror, Cyprus
Feb 6 2007
Cyprus Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis has said that
the United States has not requested the extradition of former head
of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program for Iraq, Benon Sevan,
a Cypriot of Armenian origin, against whom a US federal court in New
York filed bribery and conspiracy charges.Asked whether the US has
asked the government of Cyprus for Sevan's extradition, Pashiardes said
"as far as I know, it hasn't", and noted that "there is no agreement
for extradition of Cypriot citizens between Cyprus and the US".
Replying to questions, he said that Cyprus has made such agreements
with other states but there is no such agreement with the US.
He also said that Sevan is presently in Cyprus.