ANKARA - Turkey, which will host important guests in the following week when there is limited days left to European Union (EU) Copenhagen summit, is working intensely on relations with the EU and Cyprus question.
Officials of Foreign Ministry Cyprus Department met with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun and TRNC Ambassador to Turkey Ahmet Zeki Bulunc again on Saturday to list the points which they opposed to in United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for Cyprus.
Sources said that meetings to which Olgun was also attending would last till the beginning of the following week.
Diplomatic sources noted that only one-third of the plan had already been reviewed and that it was not possible to send a response to U.N. Secretariat General before December 2.
Issues to be discussed during these contacts are expected to be presented to TRNC President Rauf Denktas, who is currently in New York, for approval before being sent to Annan.
Turkish side has objections on sovereignty, property, Turkey's guarantorship rights and territory.
A high-level Foreign Ministry official pointed to importance to ''border'' than ''the rate'' of territory and said, ''there is a difference between Guzelyurt and a waterless plain.''
Meanwhile, Ankara is getting prepared to host important guests next week.
EU Term President Denmark's Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller will come to Ankara on Monday. Moller will meet with Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis and be received by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul. Danish Foreign Minister is foreseen to meet with Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal.
Ankara, which has not lost its hope to get a clear calender at Copenhagen summit, is expected to express its demand once more to Moller. A high-level Foreign Ministry official stressed that the formula of ''a date for a date to start negotiations'' would mean ''nothing'' for Turkey and said that giving a conditional date would be a double standard.
Following Moller, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw and U.S. State Department Undersecretary Marc Grossman and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz will hold contacts in Ankara on Tuesday.
Iraqi issue, Turkey-EU relations and Cyprus question are on the agenda of the contacts of the high-level officials of United States and Britain, the two important members of the international fight against terrorism and alliance tried to be formed against Iraq.
Sources said that Straw was expected to be accompanied by British Special Envoy to Cyprus David Hannay, who paid a visit to Ankara the previous week, while Grossman is expected to contribute to efforts exerted to get a satisfactory result at the Copenhagen summit.
Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou will pay a visit to Ankara on Wednesday. Cyprus question, Turkey-EU relations and Athens support to Ankara for EU membership process are expected to be taken up during Papandreou's contacts.