LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Friday that they could not reach any result in the ongoing talks because the Greek Cypriots continued their obstinacy to claim ''republic of Cyprus.''
Denktas met with Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides.
Responding to a question on words of Clerides that United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for Cyprus ''was taking under guarantee the continuation and sovereignty of the republic of Cyprus'' prior to the meeting, Denktas said, ''This is all our difficulty. We cannot reach any result in talks so far due to this stance and obstinacy of the Greek Cypriots. They have brought onto the agenda the principle that 'Cyprus republic exists and will continue to do so' again in a situation where they clearly feel them confident. If they continue to assume this stance, it is naturally difficult to reach somewhere.''
Asked if the flag and national anthem of the common state would come onto the agenda, Denktas said that agreements were separated into parts like constitution, politics, refugees, territory and property and there were empty pages.
Certain laws would be written in empty pages, Denktas noted.
Denktas stated that one of the empty pages was the flag and national anthem.
Initiatives on flag and national anthem were a necessary exercise, Denktas pointed out.
Referring to authorizing the U.N. about holding a competition for choosing flag and national anthem of the common state, Denktas said that it was wrong to consider that ''an agreement was being reached and everything was over.''
Denktas stated that flag and national anthem issue was a part of their work.
Asked if they discussed the name of the new partnership state, Denktas said that it was taken up at Wednesday's meeting and that they would take up the issue again in their today's meeting.
There were many formulas about the name of the common state, Denktas noted.
Denktas said that they did not prefer any of the formulas.