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TRNC
President Rauf Denktaž and the leader of the Greek
Cypriot Administration Mr.Glafcos Clerides, today at 10.00
hours will have another meeting aimed at finding a lasting
solution to the Cyprus issue.
The
second round of face-to-face talks between the two leaders
began on March 1. The talks will take place at the Nicosia
Conference Center in the UN controlled buffer zone in the
presence of the UN Secretary Generals Special Adviser
on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, who will attend the talks as an
observer.
President
Rauf Denktaž has said that he will request help from the
European Union Commissioner in charge of Enlargement
Gunter Verheugen, at their meeting tomorrow, for the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus accession to the
EU.
PRESIDENT
DENKTAŽ UNLESS A DRAFT AGREEMENT EMERGED BY JUNE THEN
THERE WOULD BE NO DRAFT AGREEMENT IN FUTURE
Responding
to reporters questions after the conference at the
Marmara University in Istanbul, President Denktaž said
that provided Mr. Verheugen accepts his request, and then
the Turkish Cypriot side will not challenge the Greek
Cypriot sides views on the European Union issues.
Reminding
the statements by the Greek Cypriot administrations
spokesman, President Denktaž said that the United States,
United Kingdom and the European Union gave an assurance to
the Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides that the talks
would be concluded with an agreement which will suit the
Greek Cypriots demands.
President
Denktaž said that he will continue to attend the direct
talks, but, he will ask the United States authorities and
Mr. Clerides if such an assurance has been given to the
Greek Cypriots. If there is a guarantee, then why are
they occupying us with the talks he said.
Mr.
Denktaž stressed that unless a draft agreement emerged by
June then
there
would be no draft agreement in the future.
He
said that the Cyprus problem had been discussed in every
aspect so far and that nobody would be able to waste
anybodys time any more.
The
EU Commissioner in charge of Enlargement Gunter Verheugen
has arrived on the island for a two day visit for contacts
on the direct negotiations and Cyprus accession process
to the European Union.
Within
the framework of his contacts in Cyprus Mr. Verheugen had
a meeting yesterday evening with Glafcos Clerides the
leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration.
Today,
he will be received by President Rauf Denktaž at noon.
The two men will continue their talks at a working
lunch.
During
his stay in Cyprus Mr. Verheugen will also have talks with
the UN Secretary Generals Special Representative to
Cyprus Alvaro De Soto.
THE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE Mr.ERTUŠRULOŠLU
MOST OF THE EU MEMBERS SUPPORT GREEK CYPRIOT
INTRANSIGENCE
The
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Tahsin Ertušrulošlu who
went to Ankara on Tuesday as the guest of the
Students Council of the Bilkent University gave a
lecture on the topic of Cyprus and its relations with the
European Union.
Speaking
at the lecture the Minister reminded that the
international arena made the Cyprus Question unsolvable by
treating the Greek Cypriot Administration as the legal
government of Cyprus and this left Greek Cypriot side
without any motivation for the solution. Mr.Ertušrulošlu
added that most of the member countries of the EU have
been encouraging Greek Cypriot intransigence by continuing
to treat them as the sole legal government of Cyprus.
The
Minister continued, We are not against the EU. We are
against its policies towards us. Mr..Ertušrulošlu
stressed that Turkey has so many rights and interests on
Cyprus and it is not possible for Turkey to make a single
step back concerning this national case.
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