NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will pay visits to Cyprus, Turkey and Greece in the last week of February.
Annan's Spokesman Fred Eckhard said on Thursday that Annan would pay a visit to the region in the last week of February to make a contribution to efforts of the sides to reach an agreement till the end of the month.
Noting that United Nations Secretary General Annan hoped the negotiations between the two sides in the island would come to a conclusion, Eckhard said that Annan had been preparing himself to act personally to assist efforts of the sides to reach an agreement.