"Turkish-Cypriot leader ready to talk
Tuesday 06 June 2006, 1:34 Makka Time, 22:34 GMT
The Turkish Cypriot leader has said he is ready to meet Tassos Papadopoulos, the president of Cyprus, on the future of the divided island, and anticipates seeing him in July.
Mehmet Ali Talat told the Greek Cypriot Phileleftheros newspaper on Sunday that he would talk to Papadopoulos on any matter, but expected it to be over the issue of missing persons."
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