    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [April 22, 2003]
    [Page 358]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Cyprus
    April 22, 2003

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        In accordance with section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
    1961, as amended, I am providing a report prepared by my Administration
    on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering
    the period February 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003. The previous
    submission covered events from December 1, 2002, through January 31,
    2003.
        As in the past, U.S. officials including Secretary of State Colin
    Powell, Under Secretary of State Marc
    Grossman, Special Cyprus Coordinator Thomas G.
    Weston, and Ambassador to Cyprus Michael
    Klosson joined me in providing intensive
    diplomatic support to the efforts of United Nations Secretary General
    Kofi Annan to foster a settlement to the
    longstanding division of the island. We hoped that the Secretary
    General's meetings with the two Cypriot
    leaders in The Hague on March 10-11, 2003,
    would lead to a breakthrough on the basis of the Secretary General's
    fair and balanced settlement plan. Unfortunately, that meeting did not
    result in an agreement. Despite this setback, the United States remains
    committed to finding a just and lasting settlement for Cyprus.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard G. Lugar, chairman, Senate
    Committee on Foreign Relations.