WASHINGTON D.C. (A.A) - 02.07.2002 - The attitude of the European Union (EU) about the Cyprus question does not help efforts to find a solution. The EU neither forces Turkish Cypriot side to reach an agreement nor motivates Greek Cypriot side.
Turkish officials said that President Rauf Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides had been maintaining the direct talks process by taking up each issues in detail, and added that the attitude of the EU did not help efforts to find a solution.
An official told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday, ''the EU's statement that it would accept membership of Greek Cypriot side in any case, neither forces Turkish Cypriot side to reach an agreement nor motivates Greek Cypriot side. Greek Cypriot side thinks to solve the Cyprus question in its own way after becoming a full member of the EU.''
Meanwhile, Turkey is in favor of a healthy and satisfactory solution that will constitute a model for the other regions of the world.
Turkey informed the United States that it was wrong to support EU full membership of the Greek Cypriot side.
Meanwhile, U.S. State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters at a press conference that the target of reaching an agreement on the island till the end of June could not achieved.
Noting that the United States would continue to work together with the United Nations to find a solution to the Cyprus question, Boucher added that both the United States and the United Nations would maintain their active efforts to this end.