ANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Inal Batu said on Tuesday that with the Cyprus plan which the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan presented to the sides, a new turning point came. Batu said, ''according to the first impressions, although very positive proposals were presented regarded with constitutional issues, it is clear that views are included in the proposal which are difficult to reconcile with the facts of the Island.''
Speaking to A.A correspondent regarded with the U.N. Cyprus plan, Batu said Cyprus issue was unjustly connected with Turkey's membership to the EU and setting a date for Turkey in Copenhagen Summit.
Batu said the document should be examined well to make a detailed evaluation, stressing that, ''naturally, evaluation of Turkish Cypriot side is important for us. According to our first impressions, although very positive proposals were made on constitutional issues, it is understood that views on territory and Greek Cypriot refugees, which are difficult to reconcile with the facts of the island, are also included in the document.''
Batu said, ''as the new joint Cyprus Republic, which is expected to be formed, is desired to be full member of the EU soon, then it is difficult to bring onto agenda the arrangements that would force tens of thousands of people to migration again.''
Batu said their wish was consultation of the U.N. ideas to be negotiated between the peoples of the two sides, and reaching a comprehensive, lasting and fair solution.