DENKTAS DECLINES GREEK PM SIMITIS’ INVITATION

“The invitation has been extended to the leaders of all political parties … [but] only [TRNC] opposition groups are attending,” said Denktas. “Some want to use the Union to effect an annexation.” Denktas added that Turkey was acting in line with the 1960 Cyprus independence treaty — signed by the island’s Turkish and Greek communities plus Great Britain and guarantor countries Turkey and Greece — and that the European Union would be wrong to ignore the provisions of this treaty. /Turkiye/