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Article: Turkish Cypriot leader ready to resume reunification talks on Cyprus
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- AP Worldstream
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- April 15, 2003
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Dateline: ISTANBUL, Turkey
A day after the U.N. Security Council blamed him for failed talks,
Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said Tuesday he was willing
to restart reunification talks with Greek Cypriots but would not accept
a U.N. plan as a basis for negotiations.
The security council on Monday urged all sides to resume talks and
said the plan proposed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan should
remain the basis for a settlement.
"The talks can start," the Anatolia news agency quoted Denktash as
saying before attending a conference in Turkey. But the Annan Plan
is unacceptable "unless important changes are made on it," he said.
Cyprus has ...