LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides came together for the 53th time as part of the direct talks.
Denktas, upon leaving his office this morning, told reporters that today they would decide on the agenda.
Referring to EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen's remarks, Denktas said ''these remarks show that Verheugen doesn't know much about Cyprus.'' Verheugen recently had said that they invited Turkish Cypriots to EU membership talks but they were rejected. Denktas said Verheugen didn't tell them under what title the Turkish Cypriots would participate in these talks.
''We were invited as a minority by a delegation formed by Greek Cypriots and it was stated that the talks were going to be held by the legal Cyprus government which shows that we were invited as a minority. Verheugen doesn't know about this. He isn't aware that he's helping the Greek Cypriots to colonize us by accusing the Turkish Cypriot side. He cannot reach anywhere by making such random remarks both against Turkey and us.''
Denktas said that such statements, made in such a critical time, were intentional. ''They're trying to intimidate us, make us do what Greek Cypriots want us to do and make Turkey pressure us,'' Denktas said.