ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey carried on its good will stance on Cyprus issue in the ongoing process in Switzerland and would continue to do so, adding, ''I have met with Caramanlis in Brussels. I saw that he also has the same good will approach.''
Erdogan, who attended Spring Summit of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, returned to Turkey.
Upon the question of a reporter on quartet Cyprus conference which was continuing in Switzerland, Erdogan said that the process sometimes had some negativities. He added, ''however, these can be overcome by negotiations. Both our Foreign Minister and our technocrats have overcome such difficulties with the negotiations until now and they continue to do so. But, we, as Turkey, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are showing all our good will approach. We carry on our good will approach. We will continue to do so until the end.''
''I had a chance to meet with Caramanlis in Brussels yesterday night. We had a tete-a-tete meeting and I saw that he also had the same good will approach. I hope that we will preserve our good will in the process which will start in Switzerland on Monday and conclude the process with an agreement by reaching a common opinion,'' said Erdogan.
ERDOGAN SAYS THEY HAVE EXPRESSED IN BRUSSELS HOW TURKEY PUTS MAASTRICH CRITERIA INTO PRACTICE IN ECONOMY
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, ''we have expressed in Brussels how we put Maastrich Criteria into practice in economy each day and we have given information about our studies on Lisbon targets.''
Erdogan told reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport that they participated in the spring meeting of the European Council in Brussels with Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and some deputies. Noting that they also had the chance to hold bilateral meetings, Erdogan said that they evaluated developments about the EU, Cyprus issue and terrorism in those meetings.
Noting that they also attended a meal hosted by European Liberal Democrats group, Erdogan said that they evaluated activities for starting negotiation process for the EU on December 2004 and the recent developments in Kosovo, Iraq and Palestine.
Erdogan said that they have met with French President Jacques Chirac this morning and added that they have taken up Turkey-France bilateral relations besides Turkey-EU relations.
Erdogan said that they had the chance to take up quartet Cyprus conference with the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen and added that he also met with EU Foreign Policy and Defense Chief Javier Solana. Noting that they mainly discussed terrorism issue with Solana, Erdogan said that they had the opportunity to evaluate comprehensively the terrorist activities in Madrid and Kosovo and the terrorist activities which occurred in Turkey on November 15 and 20 and also recent developments in Afghanistan, Iraq and Middle East.
Erdogan said, ''we have expressed in Brussels how we put Maastrich Criteria into practice in economy each day and also we had the chance to give information about our studies on Lisbon targets.''
When a reporter asked whether or not an agreement which would be reached in Cyprus would take place in primary law of the EU, Erdogan said that activities were continuing on this issue at EU Commission.
Erdogan said that the EU Commission had preparations to meet the expectations of Turkey.

SIDES NOT START GIVE AND TAKE PROCESS AT QUARTET CYPRUS CONFERENCE
BUERGENSTOCK - Sides have not started yet a give and take process at quartet Cyprus conference which is held in Buergenstock, Switzerland.
Sources said on Friday that Greek side has not presented yet a text which could be negotiated and included their ''sine qua nons''.
Sources said that Greek side had submitted a 44 page text yesterday night upon the insistence of Turkish delegation and it was a summary of the document which Greek side had earlier presented.
Stressing that Turkish side has presented its own sine qua nons by listing its priorities, the sources said that ''give and take'' process could not start over the text of Greek side which did not include any list of priorities.
Sources said that Turkish side has conveyed its concern on this issue to the United Nations and they described the current stage at talks as ''we are on the stage where we were on the first day.''
Meanwhile, sources said that the paragraph on Cyprus which took place in final statement of the European Union (EU) Brussels summit did not satisfy Turkish side, but was a step taken forward and they added that activities on this field were continuing.
Referring to the news claiming that the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen would come to Buergenstock on March 29, the sources said that they hoped that Verheugen would come with a legal arrangement which would be satisfactory on the issue of derogations.
Turkish side is also expecting an EU arrangement on compensations regarding personal applications similar to Loizidu case.
GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER MOLYVIATIS PHONES TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL
Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis phoned on Friday Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and said that the dinner which would be held tonight was cancelled because both were very tired.
Diplomatic sources said that Molyviatis phoned Gul after he returned from Brussels and recalled Gul that both had an intensive schedule today in Brussels and wanted him not to misevaluate the cancellation of the dinner.
Diplomatic sources noted that Molyviatis told Gul that they could meet at dinner tomorrow night.

EU PREPARES TO REPLY DEROGATION DEMAND OF TURKISH SIDE WITH ADAPTATION LAW AFTER REFERENDUM
The European Union (EU) prepares to reply to Turkish side's demand on assuring the agreement which will be reached on the basis of Annan Plan to make derogations permanent as a ''primary law'' with the ''adaptation law''.
According to the information taken from the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen, the EU suggests the Council of Europe to adopt ''adaptation law'' if the result of referendum becomes ''yes''.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said that this arrangement did not meet Turkish side's ''permanent derogation'' demand and added that it was a useless assurance and did not have meaning.
Upon a question of Turkish Agency-Cyprus (TAK) whether a decision was taken at the EU Summit in Brussels about derogation issue, Denktas referred to the statement of Verheugen on the issue.
Noting that there were information that demands for assuring the agreement as a ''primary law'' would not be met, Denktas said, ''Verheugen says that he can help with an adaptation law by depending on formation basis of the EU. According to our jurists, this is a useless promise and assurance and it has no meaning and it is a trick. It does not give an assurance on the level of primary law which Turkey and we want. Verheugen clearly says that permanent derogations cannot be given. As adaptation law will be depended on formation principles of the EU, it will be an approach which will completely exclude the issues that we envisage such as bizonality, limitation of the number of Greek Cypriots who will come to the north and guarantees. It is not considered as primary law. We are insistent on primary law issue.''
Noting that Verheugen said that this suggestion could only be brought onto agenda if the result of referendum would become ''yes'', Denktas said that if Verheugen could not his promise as it happened in the past, Turkish people would be in trouble.
Denktas said that it was seen that the EU did not accept derogations permanently under these circumstances and added that a negative attitude was shown on the issue of voting the adaptation law by parliaments of member countries.
Making new evaluations about Switzerland summit, Denktas said that the information he received so far showed that no progress would be made in Switzerland more than in Cyprus talks and he reiterated that he did not believe a result would be taken in the summit.
Noting that the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro De Soto demanded committees in Cyprus to rapidly complete and send some laws to Switzerland, Denktas said that U.N. did not only make them rush to comply with EU timetable, but also got into difficulty itself. He added that trying to determine the fate of two peoples such impetuously was an unseen model and distressing.
(AA) 26.03.2004