NICOSIA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Greek Cypriots decided to attend an international conference to discuss a solution to the Cyprus problem at the end of this month, a government spokesman said after a meeting on Monday of the National Council-an advisory body to President Nicos Anastasiades.
United Nations Secretary General's special adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, has called the conference and "end of the game" stage in the Cyprus negotiations, which have been going on for more than two years between Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci.
In a sign that the Cyprus negotiations have reached a crossroads point, Anastasiades invited parliamentary party leaders to be at hand to consult them during the conference, to start at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana.
Akinci has already said he will attend the conference but he did not indicate whether Turkish Cypriot party leaders will be invited to accompany him.
The conference is still dependent on the preparation of a "common document" by Eide, which will regulate discussions on the most crucial issues to be discussed, post solution security arrangements and guarantees.
Sources have said that a draft document will be presented to the two Cypriot leaders, plus Greece, Turkey and Britain, after talks Eide will have in Athens with Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias on Tuesday and possibly in Ankara as well.
Greek Cypriots insist that about 40,000 Turkish soldiers occupying the northern part of the eastern Mediterranean island must leave within a reasonable time after a solution is applied.
But above all, they say that a solution that will not end Turkish intervention rights is out of the question.
"It is out of the question to accept a solution that will preserve the anachronistic right which would give to any third party unilateral intervention rights," ruling DISY party leader Averof Neophytou said after the National Council's meeting.
Turkey retained so-called guarantee rights, along with Greece and the United Kingdom when Cyprus became independent in 1960.
Invoking these rights, Turkey sent troops to occupy part of the island in 1974, in response to a coup inspired by the military rulers of Greece at the time.
The issue of security and guarantees was at the center of discussions between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim during a visit in Athens on Monday.
Yildirim said later that the European Union should provide the necessary guarantees to make a Cyprus solution viable, but it was not clear whether he was referring to a system to replace the 1960 guarantees.
Turkey has said it will negotiate the withdrawal of its troops from Cyprus, but has indicated that it will insist on the continuation of a provision in the 1960 Cyprus independence agreement which provided for the stationing of small Greek and Turkish contingents on the island.
