Annan says UN is working for preparation of Cyprus talks

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said here Monday that the UN is working for the completion of the preparatory work to achieve the resumption of Cyprus talks.
In statements Annan noted that he would meet with the parties next week in Geneva.
He said that his representative was currently working with the relevant parties to prepare a list of confidence-building measures and to complete preparatory efforts for resumption of the talks.
Annan said that everybody knew that he had been trying to resolve the Cyprus issue through his good-will mission.
The UN chief is in Turkey participating in the deliberations of the High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations.
His statements were made during a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Spanish Premier Jose Louis Zapatero.
A UN plan for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the Greek Cypriot community but approved by the Turkish Cypriot community during two separate referenda in April 2004.