LONDON - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that Britain was aware of injustice against Turkish Cypriot people.
Replying to questions of Turkish journalists following his meeting with British Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw, Gul said, ''Britain takes into consideration problems of Turkish Cypriot people. However, the upcoming elections in Britain has made the situation difficult. Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot voters constitute an important group in Britain. Therefore, Britain will wait for results of the elections to take a concrete step.''
Upon a question about policy of the European Union (EU) for Cyprus, Gul told reporters, ''the EU could not keep its promises to Turkish Cypriot people. However, the problems will be overcome in the end. It is inevitable. Because everybody knows who have caused all these problems.''
When asked whether the issue of Iran was taken up at his meeting with Straw, Gul said that Turkey supported the EU's initiatives.
Replying to another question about relations between Turkey and the EU, Gul said, ''Mr. Straw told me that everything was going on the right track.''