I Am Calling On New Greek Cypriot Leader To Resume Negotiations, Talat

DAKAR - Mehmet Ali Talat, the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Friday called on the new Greek Cypriot leader to resume negotiations.
"I am calling on the new Greek Cypriot leader (Dimitris Christofias) to re-launch negotiations within the plan prepared by the United Nations (UN). I hope that we can find a solution by the end of 2008," Talat told participants of the 11th Session of Islamic Summit Conference of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Senegal`s capital of Dakar.
Thanking the OIC for its support of the TRNC, Talat said his country made a call to the new Greek Cypriot leader to begin negotiations in order to establish two equal states based on two communities in Cyprus.
"We pay high attention to opening commercial, touristic, cultural and educational offices in OIC member states as the TRNC. So far, we opened offices in 10 OIC member states and want to increase this number," Talat told.
"We request from the OIC to make the TRNC a full member of the OIC and end its status as an observer," Talat also said.
(SOL-BRC)