Denktas: Elections To Be Between Those Who Want To Give Cyprus To Greek Cypriots With Annan Plan And Those Who Don't Accept That

ZONGULDAK - TRNC President Rauf Denktas said on Wednesday that the elections would be held between those who would give Cyprus to Greek Cypriots with Annan plan and those who wouldn't accept that.
Denktas who came to northern Zonguldak province upon the invitation of Zonguldak Karaelmas University Foundation, responded to questions of journalists during his visit to Zonguldak Governor Yavuz Erkmen.
Noting that Cyprus issue was the national cause of the Turkish nation, Denktas said that it was also still on the agenda of the world.
Denktas stated that nothing could be reached if the other side continued to claim that it was the legitimate government of Cyprus, adding that ''I hope the friendship of Turkey and Greece has the power to make Greek Cypriots accept these facts. I explain my ideas in order to prevent Cyprus from being the bridge of Greek and Greek Cypriots.''
Denktas stated that he was not worried for the elections in December, adding that he trusted the Turkish Cypriot people. Denktas said that EU and the U.S. fully supported the Greek Cypriot society and Greek Cypriot leadership, adding ''the Greek Cypriot leader says that U.S. is their natural ally.''

TRNC ECONOMY MINISTER COSAR SAYS THEY WANT ISLAMIC COUNTRIES NOT TO LEAVE TURKISH CYPRIOTS ALONE

ISTANBUL - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Economy Minister Salih Cosar said on Wednesday that they wanted Islamic countries not to leave Turkish Cypriot people alone and stated that Islamic countries and they should work together and overcome hostility of Greek Cypriot people.
Addressing the ministers working session of the 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Cosar said that a country should have good relations with its neighbors to develop and stated that but TRNC was under threat of its neighbor.
Cosar said that Cyprus was homeland of Turkish people and Greek people and stated that Greek Cypriot people had been working to get rid of Turkish Cypriot people from the island for 50 years, but Turkish Cypriots could resist it thanks to their belief.
Stating that there were two states on the island now, he said that they wanted to develop commercial and other relations with Greek Cypriot people by opening their borders, but Greek Cypriot people did not make the same initiative.
Cosar said that Greek Cypriot people prevented Turkish Cypriot people from making trade with them and the world and stated that they wanted Islamic countries not to leave Turkish Cypriot people alone.
Salih Cosar stated that Islamic countries and they should work together and overcome hostility of Greek Cypriot people and added that because this hostility was against not only Turkish people but also Islamic world.
(EÖ-BRC) 22.10.2003