Greek Cypriot Proposals Start To Become Clear

NEW YORK - Proposals put forward by the Greek Cypriot side have started to become clear on the third day of the Cyprus talks in New York.
Greek Cypriots do not want Annan's plan to be the ''starting point'' as it is wanted by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but they want it to be taken as the ''basis of negotiations''.
The Greek Cypriot side also proposes inclusion of the European Union in the process.
Greek Cypriots also propose the U.N. Security Council to make a decision which stresses that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan ''is the only authority to fill the gaps''.
Greek Cypriot sources told the A.A correspondent on Thursday that although he does not want Annan to be the only authority, Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos has made this latest proposal because he thinks that ''in this way, he can easily explain it to his people''.
(MS) 12.02.2004