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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-11-05
CONTENTS
[01] SPOKESMAN - TALAT - INTERVIEW
[01] SPOKESMAN - TALAT - INTERVIEW
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat has confirmed all that the
Cypriot government has been saying for the creation of two states if
the Annan Plan was approved by the people in the 2004 referendum,
Government Spokesman Vasilis Palmas said Monday.
He reminded that the Cypriot government was strongly criticized at the
time for the stance it had followed.
Commenting an interview which Talat gave to Phileleftheros newspaper
and his references to the Annan Plan, Palmas said it is clear that Mr.
Talat is trying to evade the Gambari procedure, despite the fact that
he had signed the July 8 agreement, noting that the Gambari procedure
creates the preconditions for substantial dialogue to promote a
mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem.
Palmas said Talat wants to detach himself from the July 8 Agreement
because he is pursuing a confederal two-state solution, adding that the
aim of the President of the Republic was to change the provisions of
the Annan Plan in the direction that would secure its effectiveness,
therefore its viability and surely securing a federal solution. Since
this did not happen and the only choice before us was the Annan Plan
without changes, the result is known, he add
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