UN denies it is readying Cyprus reunification blueprint
Hurriyet Daily News with wires
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"The United Nations isn't in the game of writing blueprints," Downer was quoted by Reuters as telling reporters after 32th meeting between Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Demetris Christofias aimed at reaching an agreement to end the island's decades-long division.
Downer, a former Australian foreign minister who is the U.N. special envoy for Cyprus, sought to quash rumors that plans are in the pipeline to draft a fresh blueprint to reunify Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
"It is for the leaders to negotiate ultimately a comprehensive settlement," Downer said.
"But you can take it from me that I don’t have any model that I think should be imposed on
In 2004, a U.N.-backed reunification plan was scrapped after being rejected in a referendum by Greek Cypriots but approved by Turkish Cypriots.
Re-launched in September 2008 after a four-year hiatus, Talat and Christofias have been involved in U.N.-sponsored unification talks aimed at reaching an agreement to end the island's decades-long division. But little progress has been made so far.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged the leaders of the divided Mediterranean island to accelerate the pace of the talks in a report released last month.
