LEFKOSA - The meeting held under the chairmanship of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas to evaluate the United Nations (U.N.) plan for Cyprus ended on Wednesday.
Following the meeting, TRNC Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu said that the leaders of the political parties represented at TRNC Parliament expressed their views about the U.N. plan and their evaluations continued.
Eroglu said that ''who would represent TRNC at European Union (EU) Copenhagen summit did not come onto the agenda'' during their meeting.
Denktas would go to Ankara on Thursday for check-up and then return to TRNC later in the day, Eroglu noted.
Eroglu stated that they would meet with the president again.
Parliament Speaker Vehbi Zeki Sezer said that they debated changes in the plan and noted that they would follow the developments.
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Salih Cosar said, ''we think we have time till Thursday evening. We also think that this issue can be resulted by continuing negotiations with Turkey.''
Responding to a question, Cosar said they were pleased over the changes in the plan, stressing that changes in the plan met some of the oppositions of the Turkish side. He said there was not a change in the map, and that this was the most important element that created uneasiness.
Communal Liberation Party leader Huseyin Angolemli said his party conveyed its views, stressing that time was lost since the day the plan was presented.
Pointing out that his party favored signing of Annan document on Thursday, Angolemli said, ''betterment efforts can be launched between December 12 and February 28. We think this is for the benefit of Turkey and TRNC people.''
Republican Turkish Party (CHP) leader Mehmet Ali Talat commented that there have been serious improvements in the U.N. plan, adding that ''the U.N. has brought suitable approaches about the issues on which the Turkish side has difficulties.'' Noting that there is no change in the map, Talat said that if the EU gives negotiation date to Turkey before May 1, 2004, this will help in the solution of the Cyprus problem.
National Justice Party leader Kenan Akýn said that there is no important change in the U.N. plan, adding that they want Denktas to continue with negotiations without signing any document.