Wednesday, May 25, 2005

JTW News - Turkish PM Shelves Annan Plan

"Turkish PM Shelves Annan Plan
Zeynep Gurcanli
The New Anatolian/ Ankara

The first stroke comes during Council of Europe meeting: Foreign Ministry officials are shocked to hear the PM telling the Greek Cypriot leader that the 'Annan plan would not be the basis' for future negotiations on Cyprus

The second stroke is more open: Talking about his recent forays into the Armenian issue, Erdogan associates his 'successful' policy with 'not listening to Foreign Ministry bureaucrats'

Despite Erdogan's claims of success in both issues, TRNC president accuses Erdogan of being 'cheated' by Greek Cypriots. Moreover, the Greek Cypriot press calls the Papadopoulos-Erdogan meeting a 'victory'"

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