ANKARA - United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto arrived in Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday.
De Soto told reporters that he came to Ankara to exchange views with Turkish government on Cyprus issue.
Alvaro De Soto will meet with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal.
Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus started proximity talks between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Greek Cypriot side as a part of ongoing Cyprus negotiations on March 15.
TRNC and Greek Cypriot side started Cyprus negotiations on February 19 to find a fair and lasting solution to Cyprus issue till May 1 on the basis of Annan plan.
If sides fail to reach a solution till March 22, a quartet conference will take place among TRNC, Greek Cypriot side, Turkey and Greece.
U.N. Secretary General Annan will fill in the blanks if participants can't reach any compromise in quartet meetings, and the text to be formed at the end of all these initiatives will be voted in referenda to be held synchronously in the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides on April 20.
(EÖ-BRC) 21.03.2004