Ankara Does Not Expect Surprise From Cyprus Talks In Paris

ANKARA - Ankara expects the Cyprus talks, to be held in Paris on Friday upon the invitation of United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan, to be an evaluation meeting at which the position of the sides will be taken up once more.
Diplomatic sources said on Thursday that Turkish side, which is insistent on adoption of sovereignty and equal status of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), did not expect any surprise from Paris talks.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will firstly have separate meetings with TRNC President Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides on Friday. Annan is also expected to have a working lunch with the two leaders.
The talks will be held to accelerate negotiation process in Cyprus. Turkish side does not expect a new opening or a document from the talks while it takes Swiss model as a basis in internal dimensions and Belgian model as a basis in foreign dimensions. These two models had been prepared by the Turkish side to find a permanent solution to the question and presented to both the Greek Cypriot administration and the U.N.
Diplomatic sources stressed that the European Union (EU) membership of the Greek Cypriot administration should not be accepted as Cyprus talks continued.
The diplomatic sources stated that such a decision of the EU would be considered a direct intervention to negotiation process.
There is a difficult period before not only Turkey and TRNC, but also Greece and Greek Cypriot administration during which severe diplomatic bargainings will occur as the talks process continued in Cyprus.
Work on the Progress Report which will be announced on October 16 prior to the Copenhagen Summit in December, when a decision about the membership of Greek Cypriot side is expected to be taken, will start almost ten days later.
After the progress reports of all candidate countries including Turkey and the Greek Cypriot administration are announced, an enlargement summit is expected to take place on October 24 and the results of this summit are foreseen to affect the Copenhagen Summit.
As the results of the negotiations and bargainings are being discussed, diplomatic sources stress that Turkey and TRNC will not accept EU decision about announcement of Greek Cypriot administration as a full member.