Denktas urged to join peace talks in Switzerland

Turkey, the Greek Cypriots, even his own son tried to get Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas on Friday to attend UN-backed Cyprus peace talks next week, but the 80-year-old veteran would not budge.

The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey, anxious to forge a deal to end the decades-old division of the Mediterranean island before it joins the European Union on May 1, have said they will join the talks on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland on March 28.