The US State Department’s special coordinator on Cyprus, Mr. Thomas Weston, is arriving in Cyprus today for a series of contacts with the two sides.

The special coordinator will be received by President Rauf Denktaş today. He is also to come together with the Greek Cypriot leader Glafkos Cleridis.

Mr. Weston will exchange views with President Denktaş and Mr. Clerides on the latest situation at the direct talks.

During a meeting with a delegation from the official Turkish Anatolian News Agency led by the agency’s Director General Mehmet Güler, Mr. Eroğlu said a point has been reached where the international community is being made to realize the existence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Mr. Eroğlu said other nations, despite knowing the realities in Cyprus, are reluctant to accept this.

Meanwhile, a cooperation agreement has been signed between the official TRNC News Agency - TAK and the Turkish Anatolian News Agency.

It has been announced that the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan will be reviewing the negotiations process between President Rauf Denktaş and the Greek Cypriot Leader Glafcos Clerides with his Special Representative in Cyprus Alvaro de Soto in the first week of next month.

The announcement was made by the UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus today.

For this purpose, the Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Mr. Alvaro de Soto will go to New York after visiting Ankara and Athens on the 28th and 29th of this month respectively, for consultations.

While in New York, Mr. de Soto will also brief the UN Security Council.

The Greek Cypriots has applied to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to demand air route over TRNC territories. The Minister of Public Works and Transport also responsible from Civil Aviation Mr.Salih Miroğlu reacted this harassment very sharply. The Minister informed President Denktaş about this application.

As it is known TRNC Civil Aviation Office is the only authority responsible from TRNC’s air space and air routes over TRNC.

The Minister issued the following statement:

Contrary to the spirit of on going negotiations process aiming to find a just and lasting solution to the Cyprus issue the Greek Cypriot Administration has attempted to violate TRNC’s sovereignty rights over her territories.

The Greek Cypriot Administration has proposed and amendment of the ICAO EUR Basic Air Navigation Plan to ICAO Regional Director Europe and North Atlantic to demand air route over TRNC’s territories in addition to her existing air route confirmed by the ICAO.

The Greek Cypriot proposal for Amendment of the Basic Air Navigation Plan to ICAO Regional Director Europe and North Atlantic ATS routes subject to amendment procedure affect the territory of TRNC as well as Ercan Advisory Airspace, where the government of TRNC is the legitimate authority representing the Turkish Cypriot people and has been providing Air Traffic, Aeronautical Information and Alerting Services since 1977. The Greek Cypriot Administration does not possess the right or authority to act or to speak behalf of Cyprus as a whole.