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TRNC
President Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides will today
continue with their direct negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement on
the Cyprus issue. The two leaders will meet at the Lefkosa Conference Centre
in the UN buffer zone at 16:00.
The
UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, will
also be present at the meeting, at which the negotiation timetable will be
determined.
PRIME
MINISTER EROGLU: “OUR WISH IS TO REACH A SETTLEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT THE
INTERESTS OF TURKEY AND THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS”
TRNC
Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu said: “From the negotiations, which we are
participating in goodwill, our wish is to reach a settlement that will
satisfy the Turkish Cypriot people, and protect the interests of Turkey
and the Turkish Cypriots”.
Pointing
out that an agreement could only be reached with at least two parties, the
Prime Minister said: “The stance adopted by the other side is important.
In opinion polls carried out in the Greek Cypriot Administration, more than
76 per cent of Greek Cypriots opposed the UN plan, and, I think these
opinion polls could also have an effect on the opinions put forward at the
negotiating table”.
Stating
that the plan was prepared by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Prime
Minister Eroglu said: “In the end there is a plan. But, we have not
prepared this plan. Others have prepared it. Of course, we have to evaluate
its contents carefully, and then we will be in a position to evaluate it
accordingly at the negotiating table”.
He
added: “In any case, there cannot be a position where we will accept the
plan with our eyes shut”.
Prime
Minister Eroglu also said that the negotiation process had resumed and
efforts were under way to determine if it was possible to improve the plan
through negotiations.
Prime
Minister Eroglu was speaking upon his arrival at Esenboga Airport, Ankara,
where he flew yesterday to give a series of lectures on the Cyprus issue as
well as to have various contacts with Turkish officials.
BOOK
ON “THE ENDLESS TURKISH WAR
– NORTH CYPRUS” PUBLISHED
IN AZERBAIJAN
A book
entitled, “The Endless Turkish War – North Cyprus”, has been published
in Azerbaijan by Melahat Reizayeva, a journalist for the Azerbaijan daily
‘Sark’.
The
book’s promotion took place at a reception held at the Europe Hotel in
Baku, yesterday, and was also attended by the TRNC’s Baku Representative,
Mustafa Evran, the Turkish Ambassador to Baku, Unal Cevikoz, Azerbaijani
MP’s, and other guests.
Speaking
at the reception, the TRNC’s Baku Representative, Mustafa Evran, said the
book would contribute greatly to enlightening the people of Azerbaijan about
the Turkish Cypriot peoples’ struggle for existence.
The
182-page book covers the Turkish Cypriot peoples’ historical struggle,
explains the reasons why the TRNC was established, and also includes
interviews on the Cyprus issue with TRNC President Rauf Denktas, the Speaker
of the TRNC Parliament, Vehbi Zeki Serter, and Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu.
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