NICOSIA, Oct 13 (AFP) - Most Greek Cypriots have no regrets over their rejection of a UN reunification plan which was endorsed by the Turkish Cypriots in a separate referendum, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday.
Although the Simerini newspaper poll showed the percentage of Greek Cypriots who would vote against the UN plan had slipped, a large majority would still reject it six months on.
If UN chief Kofi Annan's reunification plan went to the vote in a new referendum, 61 percent of Greek Cypriots would turn it down, while 32 percent would back the proposals, with seven percent undecided.
In April's referendum, 75.8 percent of Greek Cypriot voters rejected the Annan plan to reunite Cyprus, while 24.2 percent of Greek Cypriots supported it, compared to a 65-percent "yes" vote in the Turkish Cypriot north.
According to the Simerini poll, nine out of 10 people polled had no regrets over how they voted on April 24, while one in 20 said they had since reconsidered their stand.
The Simerini poll was conducted by the Cyprus College research centre using a random sample of 650 people between October 6 and 11. The margin of error was 3.8 percent.
After the April 24 referendums on the plan which was strongly backed by Brussels and Washington, a divided Cyprus joined the European Union on May 1, with the island's minority Turkish Cypriots left out in the cold.
The "no" camp among the Greek Cypriots said their key reasons for rejecting the plan were a lack of security guarantees the plan would be implemented as scheduled and that Turkey's right of intervention be curbed.
The Mediterranean island has remained divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded the northern third following an Athens-engineered Greek Cypriot coup to unite Cyprus with Greece.