New Government Coalition Sought in Cyprus

Yesterday a Peace and Democracy Movement Party (BDH) delegation headed by Mustafa Akinci met with Prime Minister and CTP leader Mehmet Ali Talat. Afterwards, the two leaders told reporters that they had decided to joint forces to establish a new government with a majority in Parliament. Meanwhile, Talat sent a letter to European Parliament head Pat Cox and the leaders of European Union member states urging them to support the Turkish Cypriots’ justified cause.