Papadopoulos: Annan plan is not ready to sign

NICOSIA (AA) – Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos said today that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s Cyprus plan was ready for nor referendum neither signature.

Papadopoulos stated that for the plan didn’t make security and the position of the Turkish troops on the island clear, it couldn’t be signed.

Asked whether Annan plan could be signed right now, Papadopoulos responded that it was not ready to sign. He went on to say, "There are legal gaps which have to be filled. It is not right to mention a referendum because the plan wasn’t completed.