LEFKOSA (AA) - Cyprus issue will be discussed in a summit in Ankara on June 2nd.
     Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer and Foreign Minister Serdar Denktas will attend the summit.
     Talat, Soyer and Denktas will depart for Ankara on June 2nd.
     Cyprus issue as well as relations between Turkey and TRNC will be taken up in detail in the summit.
     Talat, Soyer and Denktas will also meet Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok and Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc during their visit to Ankara.
    
     -ECONOMIC COOPERATION-
    
     Meanwhile, Economic & Social Cooperation Protocol will be signed between Turkey and TRNC.
     Turkish State Minister & Deputy Premier Abdullatif Sener and TRNC Premier Soyer will arrive in TRNC on June 3rd to sign the protocol.
     A technical delegation which is comprised of officials from Turkish Prime Ministry, Finance Ministry, Labor Ministry, State Planning Organization (DPT) Undersecretariat, Treasury Undersecretariat, Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, Central Bank and Development Bank and headed by DPT Deputy Undersecretary Halil Ibrahim Akca arrived in TRNC on Sunday to take part in protocol preparations.
     Technical delegation met TRNC Economy & Tourism Minister Dervis Kemal Deniz today.
     Deniz said that the aim of the protocol is to support private enterprises in TRNC and decrease economic effectivity of state, bringing it into the position of an auditor.
     (GC-A֩
2005-05-30