Ankara Warns De Soto: Papadopoulos Has A Very Bad Past

ANKARA - Ankara warned on Tuesday United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro De Soto that Tassos Papadopoulos, who was elected as the new Greek Cypriot leader, had a ''bad past.''
Sources told A.A correspondent that Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal had a meeting with De Soto on Monday which lasted for six and a half hours.
The sources said that De Soto explained details of the new revised plan for Cyprus during his contacts in Ankara the day before.
De Soto briefed about his meeting with Papadopoulos and quoted Papadopoulos as saying that he would continue Cyprus talks within the framework of Annan's plan.
Alvaro De Soto, who is trying to convince the parties for an agreement before Annan's visit, was warned that Turkish side was doing its utmost for a solution but that newly-elected Greek Cypriot leader Papadopoulos ''had a bad past.''
(BRC) 18.02.2003