Foreign Minister Gul Arrives In Switzerland

BURGENSTOCK - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul arrived in Switzerland on Tuesday to join four-way Cyprus talks scheduled to start on Wednesday.
Gul does not have a planned meeting today, and is expected to pass the rest of the day with preparatory meetings.
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 United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan plan.
As the sides could not reach a result at the first stage of talks that ended on March 22, a quartet conference will take place among TRNC, Greek Cypriot side, Turkey and Greece in Switzerland.
U.N. Secretary General Annan will fill in the blanks left in the plan 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.
(AY-AÖ) 23.03.2004