Turkish Cypriot Leader Backs Talks

World | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has said he is ready to hold talks with the Greek Cypriots on a United Nations plan to reunify their long-divided island. The UN settlement plan calls for the parties to reach an agreement by 28 February, with the goal of ensuring that a united Cyprus joins the European Union in 2004. Efforts to reach a preliminary agreement at an EU summit in Copenhagen last week failed after Mr Denktash pulled out of the summit because of ill health.

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