UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on Cyprus's Greek and Turkish leaders to agree this week to a revised plan for reunifying the island.
Mr Annan's envoy to Cyprus, Mr Alvaro de Soto, gave Greek Cypriot leader Mr Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Mr Rauf Denktash copies of the plan, a modified version of an original blueprint of November 11th.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Cyprus's Greek and Turkish leaders to agree a revised plan for reunifying the island.
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"I hope the sides will sign the new document today," Mr de Soto told reporters after meeting Mr Denktash, it was reported.
"In his letter, the secretary general asked the two leaders to give the revision the most urgent consideration with a view to reaching a decisive conclusion this week, so that a reunited Cyprus may accede to the European Union," he said.
The statement said Mr Annan had asked the two sides to be available in Copenhagen, where an EU summit is due to invite Cyprus to join the bloc in 2004, "should that prove necessary".
"Cyprus has a rendezvous with history", Mr Annan was quoted as saying. "It should not be missed".
AFP