Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan conveyed during his recent visit to Cyprus four messages to the leaders of the two sides, engaged in UN-led direct talks since January this year, with a view to negotiate until a settlement is eventually reached upon.
According to Kasoulides, the messages conveyed are the need to speed up the ongoing talks, to insist on the time-frame of June, to abandon unproductive discussions and focus on the fundamental principles and to take advantage of the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro De Soto's presence to the talks, the official Cyprus News Agency reported Saturday.
No problem is being raised for the Greek Cypriot side by these appeals, Kasoulides stated, adding that it was up to the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash to show whether he responded to them, at the upcoming meetings to be held between him and Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides. (Albawaba.com)
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