Papadopoulos says no preconditions for meeting with Talat

President Tassos Papadopoulos said on Wednesday that the condition for his meeting on September 5 with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat was that both sides would meet without preconditions.

Speaking on the sidelines of a reception in honour of the delegates to the 15th congress of overseas Cypriots and commenting on Talat’s remarks that he would attend the meeting without preconditions, President Papadopoulos said ”this was the precondition of the meeting, that we are both going without terms and preconditions.”

A meeting has been scheduled for September 5 between President Papadopoulos and Talat.