Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas, who received the invitation letter of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for talks at noon on Thursday, prolonged his visit to Turkey and remained in Ankara.

Regarding the letter, Denktas said, “They organized a big operation to get rid of me. As I did not disappear, they decided to contact me.” Denktas said that he started to assess the invitation letter of Annan together with Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas in Ankara.