Papadopoulos, Karamanlis Agree on A Three-phase Cyprus Plan
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Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, who traveled to Athens two days ago to discuss the Cyprus issue with the Greek officials, and Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday agreed on a three-phase Cyprus plan setting a number of pre-conditions to resume talks on reunifying the divided island. In the first phase, they requested Turkey to sign the Customs Union agreement with the Greek Cypriot administration in line with the European Union regulations, which would they believe inevitably mean that Turkey recognizes the presence of the Greek Cypriot Republic. They also stated that The Greek Cypriot government was ready for a renewal of UN-brokered peace aimed at resolving the Cyprus issue with a number of pre-conditions. Karamanlis said they had discussed a common strategy for finding an "operational and viable solution to the Cyprus problem that will be based on the Annan plan and on the positions recently adopted by Cyprus.” The talks, he added, focused on specific parts of the peace plan that both Athens and Nicosia want to see amended. According to their three-phase plan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) should be unified with the Greek Cypriot administration under the roof of a federation, and no calendar should be imposed upon the talks. They also pledged to consider the talks as a separate subject from Turkey’s EU membership bid. /Hurriyet/
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:42 pm |
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| I don't know if they will stand by that three phase idea but time will show. |
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