The Undersecretary for Political Affairs Sir Kieran Prendergast arrives in Cyprus today for contacts.

During his stay on the island, Sir Kieran Prendergast will meet with President Mehmet Ali Talat, the leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration Tassos Papadopoulos and leaders of some Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political parties. At the end of his contacts on both sides, the UN envoy is scheduled to visit Ankara and Athens before flying back to New York to submit a report to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on 7^th of June. There will be two meetings between President Mehmet Ali Talat and Mr.Prendergast separately on 1^st and 2^nd June of 2005.

Meanwhile, a delegation from the US Congress arrives in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, today. Despite all restrictive attempts of the Greek Cypriot side, the American Congressmen, who is going to arrive at Ercan Airport, will stay two days in the Republic for high level contacts.

Evaluating the visit of the so-called American congressmen, the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said the visit, which will be paid by the American congressmen today, is very important and meaningful. Reminding that the Turkish Cypriot side had carried out its duties about the solution, Gul stated they are happy to see that the negative stance of the Greek Cypriot side had been observing by the international arena.

In the report prepared at the European Parliament, Mr.Papadopoulos has been accused of distancing the Greek Cypriot side from a settlement and using its EU membership to prevent all efforts towards lifting the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot people and trying to bring the 1960 spirit back to the island and it was expressed that his main objective is not to solve the Cyprus problem but to assure his re-election in 2008.

Moreover, the European Union has been accused of being responsible for the current deadlock in Cyprus in the report. The report says: "It was thought before the referendum that it was only necessary to persuade the Turkish Cypriots. B plan was not prepared. A policy was formulated on the basis that the Greek Cypriots would accept the plan and with the Greek Cypriots’ membership, the European Union stayed at a difficult position. The EU Commissioner responsible for enlargement of that period Gunter Verheugen himself confessed this situation by saying ‘I was cheated’.

The report continues as: "The Direct Trade and Financial Assistance Regulations prepared by the EU to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots are prevented by the Greek Cypriots. More steps should be taken by the EU. Besides, it was proposed that 41-thousand Turkish-born Turkish Cypriots that are to stay in Cyprus after a settlement as envisaged by the Annan Plan- should be given permission to cross the Green Line. Turkish Cypriot youths should be able to benefit from the Union’s education programs and Turkish Cypriot sea and air ports should be opened for international use".

It has been verified in the report that, after the call by the Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos to vote "no" for the Annan Plan, both the Greek Cypriot administration and the Greek Cypriot community have been unsuccessful for protecting the freedom of expression and noted that Greek Cypriot public servants were threatened by losing their jobs through telephone calls. Furthermore, it has been expressed that Greek Cypriots who supported the "yes" campaign were aggravated, windows of their cars broken down, their properties vandalised and that they were beaten. The Amnesty International drew attention to the fact that noone were arrested by the Grek Cypriot police during that period.