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Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot Press and Other Media, 97-01-24
From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" <dist@hri.org>
TURKISH CYPRIOT PRESS AND OTHER MEDIA
No.16/97 24.1.97
CONTENTS
[A] NEWS ITEMS
[01] Erbakan vows to implement economic protocol with Cyprus.
[02] Turkish Cypriot delegation meets Turkish Assembly speaker.
[03] Campaign to promote the pseudostate.
[04] Assistants to US Congressmen visit the occupied area.
[A] NEWS ITEMS
[01] Erbakan vows to implement economic protocol with Cyprus
According to TRT (18:00 hours, 23.1.97) in a statement prior to a Council
of Ministers meeting in Ankara yesterday, Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan
said that Rauf Denktash telephoned him and expressed his satisfaction over
his recent visit to Turkey. Pointing out that there is an economic
cooperation agreement between Turkey and the "TRNC", Erbakan vowed that
this will be closely followed and fully implemented.
Making a statement at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting,
Namik Kemal Zeybek, state minister and government spokesman, said that the
Cyprus question was also discussed during the meeting. According to
Zeybek, Tansu Ciller, foreign minister and deputy prime minister, declared
that this is a national issue for Turkey and that any attack against the
"TRNC" will be considered as directed against Turkey and will be retaliated
immediately.
[02] Turkish Cypriot delegation meets Turkish Assembly speaker
According to TRT (18:00 hours, 22.1.97) Hakki Atun, so-called speaker of
the pseudo-Assembly went to Ankara for contacts. The delegation
accompanying Atun includes so-called parliamentarians from the "TRNC
Council of Europe (COE) Parliamentary Assembly group".
Atun and the delegation met with Mustafa Kalemli, speaker of the
Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). Kalemli said that the messages
given out by the Turkish side must be understood well. He said that the
TGNA delegation and the so-called Turkish Cypriot Assembly delegation
attend various international meetings together and added that during this
visit, preliminary preparations will be made in anticipation of the COE
Parliamentary Assembly meeting to be held in Strasbourg next week.
[03] Campaign to promote the pseudostate
According to SABAH (23.1.97), Turkish embassies have been instructed to do
more about promoting the pseudostate. In view of developments on the
island, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has called for more support for the
"TRNC", as a way of generating more foreign interest in finding a lasting
solution to the island's problems.
The decision to promote the pseudostate as a way of bringing the
problems of the island to international attention comes in the wake of an
visit to Ankara by Rauf Denktash, who has since returned to the occupied
area "well pleased" with his visit.
[04] Assistants to US Congressmen visit the occupied area
According to KIBRIS (24.1.97) three assistants to US Congressmen have
arrived in the occupied area as the guest of so-called Turkish Cypriot
History Association chairman Vehbi Zeki Serter.
The group, made up of Chris Peace, Dale Neugebauer and Lydia
Barland, had a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.
The delegation will continue their contacts in the occupied area
and will leave the island on Sunday. (MY) EF/SK
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