AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 006395 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/09/2013 TAGS: PREL TU CY GR SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS ELECTIONS WITH U/S ZIYAL REF: STATE 280568 (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal on October 9 in a one-on-one session. Ziyal agreed on the need for transparency in the elections. Ziyal said he believed Denktas would win the elections and said that as a result it was even "more important to leave no room to cast doubt on the results." Ziyal said that Minister Gul had passed appropriate instructions to the Ministry and that Ziyal planed to call in the Turkish Cypriot "Ambassador" on October 10 to discuss bringing international observers to Cyprus for the elections. EDELMAN