Brussels, 28/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash met Günter Verheugen, European Enlargement Commissioner, in Zurich. The two men studied ways to establish "direct dialogue" between the European Union and the northern part of Cyprus.
"The Turkish Cypriot part was sincere and open in expressing the difficulties now confronting it with the request for accession made by the Greek Cypriot part and the recognition of the Cypriot government as a legitimate...